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Chaos [r]: In Greek mythology, according to Hesiod, Chaos was the primordial "gap" from which, of after which, different basic gods ushered forth, including Gaia, Tartaros, and Eros. 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.