THE CLASSICAL UNIVERSE is made up brick by brick, starting in the void and culminating with the earth: from the emptiness of night that gave rise to day, to the day that produces the outward order of the heavens, and finally to life upon the ground. The Theogony is a story describing the origins of energy and matter and information in the form of life. The Theogony exemplifies humanity’s great surprise that the universe should have emerged from chaos, that emptiness has not reigned eternal, and that the earth should be hospitable and supportive of multiform sentience.