希腊神话第一章，诸神之战。
从一片混沌说起，世界是无法打破的黑暗与寂静，虚无，混乱，永无止境的黑夜。这是诸神之前，希腊人想像中世界的样子。
The Greeks have a myth of what existed long before their gods. They thought there was only unbroken darkness and silence. Chaos, which was nothingness and confusion, ruled over Night. Night covered everything above the ground and also ruled over Erebus, the underworld. There was nothing else in the whole universe. All was black, empty, silent, and endless.
然后有了爱，于是有了光，于是有了白昼，于是有了星空。然后，天父与地母诞生，开始创造世间万物。
Then, from somewhere unknown, Love flooded the universe. It brought Light and Day with it. The sky turned blue in the Light. It filled with stars in the Night. Love brought wind, rain, thunder, and lightning. Then two strange, gigantic beings formed. They were known as Gaea, Mother Earth, and Ouranos, Father Sky. These two created stranger and even more gigantic monsters.
天父地母开始创造生物，但第一批和第二批都不如意，直到第三批Titans才像样起来。这些巨人们强壮而又聪明，Cronus更是其中的佼佼者。他傲然于天地之间，几乎可称万能，但他却害怕一件事情。预言说他的一个儿子会推翻他，所以他每每生了儿子出来，就把他囚禁起来。
Cronus was all-powerful, but there was one thing he was very afraid of. It had been said that one day, one of his sons would overpower him. So every time a son was born to him, Cronus put the boy in prison.
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