Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

FIRST THERE WAS CHAOS : Hesiod's story of creation / Joel Priddy.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis, MN : UNCIVILIZED BOOKS, 2022.Description: 209 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1941250521
  • 9781941250525
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Graphic Novel New PRIDDY, JOEL Checked out 07/22/2024 33111011232051
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Greek myth has inspired stories and art for millennia. And yet some stories and characters remain unfamiliar. First There Was Chaos explores the formless, primordial, and extraordinary forces that preceded the Olympian gods. These tales of Creation illustrate the creative process, giving cosmic form to the universal struggles of all creators.

Framing the narrative is the story of a poet struggling with his act of Creation, hoping to transform nothingness into beauty. His struggles parallel the tales of primordial beings, from the ambitions of formless Chaos to the birth of the first Olympian, Aphrodite.

Based on Hesiod's Theogony and other classic sources, First There Was Chaos synthesizes fragmentary myths into a compelling narrative accessible to a contemporary audience.

Powered by Koha