Theogony
And, Works and Days
Book - 1999
This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles
of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
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Publisher:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
ISBN:
9780192839411
0192839411
0192839411
Characteristics:
xxi, 79 p. ; 20 cm.
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Add a CommentHesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. He is considered a younger contemporary of Homer. In Theogony Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men. In Works and Days Hesiod shifts his attention to the world of men, delivering moral precepts and practical advice regarding agriculture, navigation, and many other matters