Hesiod and Theognis
Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies
Hesiod
ISBN: | 9780140442830 |
Publisher: | Penguin Classics |
Published: | 26 August, 1976 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Hesiod and Theognis
Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies
Hesiod
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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