Gaia/Definition

From Greek mythology, the earth. This was one of the three primordial deities who came after Chaos, along with Tartaros and Eros, according to Hesiod in Theogony. Source: Elizabeth Vandiver, Classics scholar, authority on Greek mythology and Greek tragedy, including the Iliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Homer, and Virgil. This definition is based on her course Classical Mythology for The Teaching Company.