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HESIOD was a Greek epic poet who flourished in Boeotia in the C8th B.C. He was alongside Homer the most respected of the old Greek poets. His works included a poem titled the Theogony, a cosmological work describing the origins and genealogy of the gods, Works and Days, on the subjects of farming, morality and country life, and a large number ...
Jan 18, 2012 · The Greek poet Hesiod (c. 700 BCE) is most famous for his works Theogony and Works and Days. In this passage from Theogony, Hesiod relates the birth of the gods from cosmic Chaos and follows the lineage through the great Zeus, King of the Olympian gods, worshipped by Hesiod's contemporaries:
Sep 23, 2018 · The Greek Epic Poet Hesiod. Greek / Getty Images. By. N.S. Gill. Updated on September 23, 2018. Hesiod and Homer both composed important, famous epic poems. The two are also called the first great writers of Greek literature, having written during Greece's Archaic Age.
May 29, 2018 · People. Literature and the Arts. Classical Literature: Biographies. Hesiod. views 1,700,196 updated May 29 2018. HESIOD (Gr., H ē siodos; fl. c. 730 – 700 bce) was one of the earliest recorded Greek poets.
Hesiod , (flourished c. 700 bc), Greek poet. One of the earliest Greek poets, he is often called the father of Greek didactic poetry. A native of Boeotia, in central Greece, he may have been a professional reciter of poetry.
Notable Works: “Theogony”. “Works and Days”. Hesiod (flourished c. 700 bc) was one of the earliest Greek poets, often called the “father of Greek didactic poetry.”. Two of his complete epics have survived, the Theogony, relating the myths of the gods, and the Works and Days, describing peasant life.
Hesiod. The figure of Hesiod, in the poetry attributed to him, proclaims his birthplace as Ascra in Boeotia. There is no tangible evidence for a historical Hesiod, outside the poetry that presents him in the first person. Hesiod, along with Homer, typifies the earliest attested phases of Greek literature, although the poetry attributed to him ...
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