Who are the authors of Greek mythology?

• A. Hermes
• B. Charon
• C. Homer and Hesiod
• D. Hades

Answer: (C)

Greek myth tradition wasn’t created by one person; its stories circulated orally for generations and were later fixed in writing. The most influential early authors who shaped how these myths are known are Homer and Hesiod. Homer, likely active in the 8th century BCE, wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, weaving gods, heroes, and legendary events into epic tales that became foundational. Hesiod, writing around the same era, produced Theogony and Works and Days that lay out the gods’ genealogies, the creation of the world, and practical moral lessons. Because of their extensive, durable, and early-scribed accounts, these two are the primary sources for Greek myth in the classical tradition. The other options refer to mythological figures, not authors, so they don’t answer who authored the myths.