Eurynome who were overthrown by Kronos and Rhea. The association of Kronos with Chronos by the Greeks can probably also be traced back to Pherecydes. There are also many significant parallels between Pherecydes's cosmogony, Orphic theogonies, and the preserved accounts of Zoroastrian, Phoenician and Vedic cosmogonies. According to West, these myths have a common source that originates in the Levant. The basic form is as follows. In the beginning there is no heaven and no earth, but a limitless abyss of water, shrouded in deep darkness. This condition has existed for centuries. Then the hermaphrodite and eternal Time makes love to itself. Thus he produces an egg. From that egg appears a radiant creator god, who made it heaven and earth. Notes Primary Secondary References Ancient Testimony In the Diels-Kranz numbering for testimony and fragments of Pre-Socratic philosophy, Pherecydes of Syros is catalogued as number 7. The most recent edition of this catalogue is . Biography A1. A1a. A2. A2a. A3. A4. A5. A6. A7. A7a. A8. A9. A10. A11. A12. Fragments B1. B1a. B2. B3. B4. B5. B6. B7. B8. B9. B10. B11. B12. B13. B13a. Secondary sources 'Discussions on the Eternity of the World in Antiquity and Contemporary Cosmology.' In: ΣΧΟΛΗ volume 7, 1, pp. 21-68. 'The Authors Named Pherecydes'. In: Mnemosyne, volume 52, 1, pp. 1-15. Further reading ''Orpheus and Greek Religion. A Study of the Orphic Movement.” Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1993 (1952). External links Pherecydes of Syros by Giannis Stamatellos Fragments and Life of Pherecydes at demonax.info Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers, translation of Diels Fragments by Kathleen Freeman The Seven Sages of Greece at Greek Mythology Link 6th-century BC Greek people Cosmogony People from Syros Presocratic philosophers Religious cosmologies Seven Sages of Greece