Theogony and Works and Days
by Hesiod
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"Written in the late eighth century BC by Hesiod, one of the oldest known of Greek poets, Theogony and Works and Days represent the earliest account of the origin of the Greek gods, and an invaluable compendium of advice for leading a moral life, both offering unique insights into archaic Greek society ... This translation contains a general introduction, a translator's introduction, notes, and a glossary."--Publisher description.
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Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Didactic poetry, Agriculture, Greek poetry, Translations from Greek, English poetry, Greek Mythology, Criticism and interpretation, Translations into Italian, Translations into Macedonian, Greek Elegiac poetry, Translations into German, open_syllabus_project, Greek poetry, translations into english, Hesiod, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Greek poetry--translations into english, Religious poetry, greek, Religious poetry, greek--translations into english, Didactic poetry, greek, Didactic poetry, greek--translations into english, Elegiac poetry, greek, Elegiac poetry, greek--translations into english, Agriculture--greece--poetry, Gods, greek, Gods, greek--poetry, Poetry in greek, to c.500 english texts, Pa3622 .w4, 881/.01, Pa4010.e5 t5 1999, 881.01, 18.43, Translations into englishhesiod, Pa4010.e5 t5 2006, Mythology, greek, Mythology, greek--poetry, Pa4010.e5 t5 1987People
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Theogony and Works and Days
September 11, 2006, University of Michigan Press
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Hesiod's Theogony
1987, Focus Information Group
in English and Ancient Greek
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Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201, and material from the Library of Apollodorus.
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