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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 ...
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 ...
Mar 26, 2018 · Role: Mortal. Occupations: Poet, Farmer. Also known as: Hesiodus, Hesiodos. Offspring: Stesichorus. Who Is Hesiod? Considered the first didactic poet, Hesiod’s poems were philosophical in nature, though easy to understand. His epic poems were used to teach people about a variety of topics, including working life, agriculture and the Greek gods.
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 is often paired with his near contemporary Homer as one of the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived. He is considered the creator of didactic poetry (instructive and moralizing poetry), and his writings serve as a major source on Greek mythology ( “Theogony” ), farming techniques, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time ...
Dec 12, 2019 · To begin with, the first, 29 fourth, 30 and the seventh 31 are each a holy day. —it was on the seventh that Leto gave birth to Apollo of the golden sword. So too the eighth 32 and the ninth. 33 And yet, these two days of the waxing part of the month. are particularly good for various kinds of work by mortals. 34.
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.
