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Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on Hesiod's Theogony. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides.
Divine Intervention. Hesiod claimed that he began writing poetry after encouragement from the Muses, goddesses representing the creative arts, when they visited him as he tended sheep as a young man.
Influence. The mythology detailed in the Theogony is thought to have had near-eastern influences, most notably Babylonian and Hittite.