Hesiod and Theognis

Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies

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ISBN: 9780140442830
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 26 August, 1976
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's Works and Days, written to advise his...

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