- g rown ▁and ▁dressed ▁for ▁war . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁Greek ▁thought ▁about ▁poetry ▁considered ▁the ▁the og on ies ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁pro tot yp ical ▁po etic ▁genre — the ▁pro tot yp ical ▁myth os — and ▁im put ed ▁almost ▁mag ical ▁powers ▁to ▁it . ▁Or phe us , ▁the ▁arch et yp al ▁poet , ▁also ▁was ▁the ▁arch et yp al ▁singer ▁of ▁the og on ies , ▁which ▁he ▁uses ▁to ▁calm ▁se as ▁and ▁storm s ▁in ▁Ap oll on ius ' ▁Arg onaut ica , ▁and ▁to ▁move ▁the ▁st ony ▁hearts ▁of ▁the ▁under world ▁gods ▁in ▁his ▁descent ▁to ▁H ades . ▁When ▁Herm es ▁invent s ▁the ▁ly re ▁in ▁the ▁H omer ic ▁H ymn ▁to ▁Herm es , ▁the ▁first ▁thing ▁he ▁does ▁is ▁sing ▁about ▁the ▁birth ▁of ▁the ▁gods . ▁H es iod ' s ▁The og ony ▁is ▁not ▁only ▁the ▁full est ▁surv iving ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁gods , ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁full est ▁surv iving ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁arch a ic ▁poet ' s ▁function , ▁with ▁its ▁long ▁pre lim inary ▁inv ocation ▁to ▁the ▁Mus es . ▁The og ony ▁also ▁was ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁many ▁lost ▁po ems , ▁including ▁those ▁attributed ▁to ▁Or phe us , ▁Mus ae us , ▁Ep imen ides , ▁A bar is , ▁and ▁other ▁legend ary ▁se ers , ▁which ▁were ▁used ▁in ▁private ▁rit ual ▁pur ifications ▁and ▁mystery - rit