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Which four divine beings first appeared in Hesiod’s Greek creation story?

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Painting by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo showing crowds pulling the large wooden Trojan Horse into the city of Troy, with excited figures and ancient buildings in the background. — Greek mythology Oil on canvas by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, c. 1760; in the National Gallery, London.

According to Hesiod’s Theogony, the four primary divine beings that first came into existence are:

Chaos (the Gap or primeval emptiness)
Gaea (Earth)
Tartarus (the Abyss)
Eros (Desire or Love)1