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The Creation - According to Greek mythology

THE CREATION The  Question, that has been unresolved, even the science has not been able to answer it. The  Question that may have been in probably every human conceits is " How the universe came to be? ". There are countless number of pristine literature that suggest the beginning of human life and almost all religions have also described in their respective books, the creation of the world. Every story is epic in its own way and these stories are may be a way to explain the unexplainable things. The one book that talks about Greek mythology is "The Theogony of Hesiod" which was written by Hesiod - a Greek poet in 700 BC and in the epic dialect(ancient greek). Theogony is a Greek word and it means  "birth of the gods". This book describes the genesis of the world. It is a bit complicated since there are too many characters involved. But, it is a rollercoaster ride that will take you to a fantasy world that you would have never imagined befor