DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2011 · 46 citations · 0 references
HumanitiesClassicsReligious StudiesAncient GreekAncient HistoryGreek HistoryAncient GreeceAncient TheologyGreek HistoriographyGreek ReligionLate AntiquitySacred KingshipHeroic KingshipHesiod's TheogonyHesiodic PoetryKingship IdeologyMythic KingshipPhilosophical Themes In HesiodReception Of HesiodTheology Of Hesiod
The closest and most numerous parallels to Hesiod’s account of the succession of ruler gods are found in the Hurro-Hittite <em>Song of Going Forth</em>, while the differences show that the Greek version was shaped to illustrate the superiority of Zeus over his predecessors.