Hesiodic kháos: a brief inrpretative essay

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https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2020.v5.12833

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Káhos, Theogony, Hesiod, Cosmogony

Abstract

As a primordial entity in Hesiod’s Theogony, Kháos has been the object of several interpretations since Antiquity. Based on its mentions in the poem and examining current interpretations, this paper aims to investigate its meaning and role in the cosmos presented by Hesiod through the historical-philological method. The focus will be on the poem itself in order to understand what Kháos represents within the poem’s internal logic.

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  • Camila Aline Zanon, Universidade de São Paulo

    Pós-doutoranda (Bolsa Fapesp - maio/2017 - abril/2021) do Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas da Universidade de São Paulo (DLCV-USP). Academic Visitor (outubro 2018 - setembro 2019, bolsista BEPE Fapesp) na Faculty of Classics, University of Oxford (Inglaterra). Doutora pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras Clássicas (DLCV-USP), sob supervisão do Prof. Dr. Christian Werner com bolsa Fapesp. Bolsista CAPES de doutorado sanduíche (PDSE) executado na University of Oxford sob supervisão do Prof. Dr. Adrian Kelly. Research Associate no centro de pós-gradução do Balliol College (setembro/2015-março/2016) e Academic Visitor na Faculty of Classics (novembro/2015-março/2016). Mestre em Arqueologia pelo Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia da Universidade de São Paulo (2009), sob a supervisão da Profa. Dra. Haiganuch Sarian com bolsa CAPES. Bacharel em Letras - Grego pela Universidade de São Paulo (2004). Prêmio Tese Destaque USP 6ª edição na Grande Área de Linguística, Letras e Artes (2017). Menção Honrosa em 2005 e indicada ao prêmio Destaque do Ano na Iniciação Científica em 2004 (bolsa Pibic - CNPq). Atuante na área editorial de material didático para ensino fundamental e médio, livros paradidáticos e literatura infantojuvenil. Também tradutora de obras em língua inglesa. (Fonte: Currículo Lattes)

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2026-03-30

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2020): Betwenn Original Christianity and the Classical World

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Hesiodic kháos: a brief inrpretative essay . (2026). Heródoto: Revista Do Grupo De Estudos E Pesquisas Sobre a Antiguidade Clássica E Suas Conexões Afro-asiáticas, 5(2), 48-70. https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2020.v5.12833