Timeline & Races of Men

• Theogony was written by Hesiod during the Archaic Age of Ancient Greece.
• The Iliad and the Odyssey (both by Homer) were written between the Iron and Archaic Ages in Ancient Greece.
• The Homeric Hymns were written by various unknown authors across the Archaic age and the Classical age in Ancient Greece.
• The gold race of men were God-like, ageless, carefree, noble, and peaceful.
• The silver race of men were subjected to a perpetual childhood, violence, and arrogance.
• The bronze race of men were war-like, unconquerable, and unbending, but forgotten upon death.
• The race of heroes were half-gods, half-men who completed mighty feats and received afterlife rewards.
• The iron race of men (the present) are subject to suffering and decline, and are generally unjust and vile.