No. 7 of 200 · Great Authors
700 BC
Major worksTheogony, Works and Days, Shield of Heracles
A Greek poet roughly contemporary with Homer whose Theogony maps the origins and genealogy of the gods, while his Works and Days offers practical wisdom on farming, justice, and how to live an honest life. Where Homer sings of heroes and war, Hesiod speaks in the voice of a working farmer, giving us one of the earliest personal and moral visions in Western literature.
Episodes from the podcast on Hesiod.
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