▁hence ▁the ▁name ▁Pse udo - Ap oll od orus . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁earliest ▁literary ▁sources ▁are ▁H omer ' s ▁two ▁ep ic ▁po ems , ▁the ▁I li ad ▁and ▁the ▁Od ys sey . ▁Other ▁po ets ▁completed ▁the ▁" ep ic ▁cycle ", ▁but ▁these ▁later ▁and ▁less er ▁po ems ▁now ▁are ▁lost ▁almost ▁entirely . ▁Despite ▁their ▁traditional ▁name , ▁the ▁" H omer ic ▁H ym ns " ▁have ▁no ▁direct ▁connection ▁with ▁H omer . ▁They ▁are ▁ch oral ▁h ym ns ▁from ▁the ▁earlier ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁so - called ▁Ly ric ▁age . ▁H es iod , ▁a ▁possible ▁contemporary ▁with ▁H omer , ▁offers ▁in ▁his ▁The og ony ▁( Origin ▁of ▁the ▁God s ) ▁the ▁full est ▁account ▁of ▁the ▁earliest ▁Greek ▁myth s , ▁dealing ▁with ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁the ▁world ; ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁gods , ▁Tit ans , ▁and ▁Gi ants ; ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁elaborate ▁gene alog ies , ▁fol kt ales , ▁and ▁et i ological ▁myth s . ▁H es iod ' s ▁Works ▁and ▁Days , ▁a ▁did actic ▁poem ▁about ▁far ming ▁life , ▁also ▁includes ▁the ▁myth s ▁of ▁Prom ethe us , ▁P and ora , ▁and ▁the ▁Five ▁A ges . ▁The ▁poet ▁gives ▁advice ▁on ▁the ▁best ▁way ▁to ▁succeed ▁in ▁a ▁dangerous ▁world , ▁rendered ▁yet ▁more ▁dangerous ▁by ▁its ▁gods . ▁ ▁L yr ical ▁po ets ▁often ▁took ▁their ▁subjects ▁from ▁myth ,