According to the Theogony ( 神谱,记述神的史诗) of Hesiod (公元前8世纪,希腊诗人):
Chaos first arose, then Gaia (the earth), then Eros (love). Out of Chaos came Erebos (darkness) and Nux (night) and form the union of the The Aether (light) and Hemera (day), The earth brings forth the sea and, in union with the heaven (Uranos), the rivers. From the seed of Uranos springs Aphrodite (love) ; that is the rains form heaven cause life to germinate in nature.
The attempt is here made to explain the origin of things, not in a scientific and logical manner, as we understand these terms, but with the aid of the poetic imagination and the popular mythology.
---摘抄自 Frank Thilly 的 A history of Philosophy