Zealot writes:
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I assume you and Rrhain are pretty clued up on this, so I'm asking who put the greek myths down in writing and at what date in history was this documented.
There are lots of them. Greek mythology suffers from a "which version did you have in mind?" problem. The population of Greece was of city-states and while they often shared mythologies, they put their own spins on things.
One good reference is Hesiod's
Theogony. Hesiod was writing in the 8th century BCE and his
Theogony is a fair repository of the history of the gods, starting with Chaos, going through the generations, and even getting into a list of goddesses who bore children of mortal men and mortal women who bore children of gods.
For a good list of ancient authors and how much we owe of our knowledge of Greek mythology to each other, see here:
Ancient Authors & Works
The big one is Apollodorus who covers everything from the beginning of time to the Trojan War. However, he was writing in 100 CE.
Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Euripides, Herodotus, Pindar, Plato, and Sophocles (and I chose them because you've probably heard of them) were all writing about the 5th century BCE.
Homer was about 750 BCE.
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Rrhain
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