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Hesiod

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Hesiod (Greek: Ησίοδος) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.
Several of Hesiod's works have survived in their entirety. Among these are Theogony, which tells the origins of the gods, their lineages, and the events that led to Zeus's rise to power, and Works and Days, a poem that describes the five Ages of Man, offers advice and wisdom, and includes myths such as Pandora's box.
Hesiod is generally regarded by Western authors as 'the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.' Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars ...more

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	Theogony / Works and Days 3.76 avg rating — 16,469 ratings — published -700 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theogony 3.72 avg rating — 6,650 ratings — published -700 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works and Days / Theogony / The Shield of Herakles by Hesiod, Richmond Lattimore (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 3,661 ratings — published -700 — 91 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint) 3.58 avg rating — 1,853 ratings — published -700 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Theogony and Works and Days / Elegies by Hesiod, Theognis, Dorothea Wender (Editor) 3.65 avg rating — 915 ratings — published -800 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hesiod / Homeric Hymns / Epic Cycle / Homerica by Hesiod, Hugh G. Evelyn-White (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 315 ratings — published -500 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hesiod: Theogony / Works and Days / Testimonia by Hesiod, Glenn W. Most (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 272 ratings — published -700 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mitos clasificados 1 by Hesiod (Contributor), Sophocles (Contributor), Catullus (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 225 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shield of Heracles 3.35 avg rating — 252 ratings — published -700 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Obras y fragmentos 4.01 avg rating — 149 ratings — published -700 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Hesiod (?)

“But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.”
― Hesiod, Works and Days and Theogony

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“That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.”
― Hesiod

tags: truth, wisdom

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“A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it”
― Hesiod, Works and Days

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Mythos: The Greek Myths Retold de Stephen Fry

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The Song of Achilles de Madeline Miller

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Circe de Madeline Miller

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A Gathering of Ravens de Scott Oden

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Theogony de Hesiod

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