Hesiod: Sämtliche Werke

by Hesiod

Hesiod (vor 700 v. Chr. vermutlich in Askra in Böotien) war ein griechischer Dichter, der als Ackerbauer und Viehhalter lebte. Neben Homers Ilias und Odyssee sind Hesiods Werke die Hauptquellen für unser heutiges Wissen über die griechische Mythologie und Mythographie sowie das Alltagsleben seiner Zeit. Er gilt als Begründer des didaktischen Epos, des Lehrgedichtes, das nach seiner Heimat Askra später von den Römern, besonders von Vergil, als Ascraeum carmen bezeichnet wurde.

Die Werkssammlung enthält:
- Theogonie (Weltentstehungsepos)
- Hauslehren (Werke und Tage)
- Schild des Herakles (Kurzepos, zugeschrieben

Genres: Poetry

79 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 6, 2019

About the author

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 refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, Archaic Greek astronomy, cosmology, and ancient time-keeping.

Reviews

[Egor xS · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hesiod in European literature is the first author whose person is historically doubtless and attested, in contrast to Homer. Unlike the latter, Hesiod also wrote in first person. This appellation of firstness perhaps is no less apt in view of the immense impression his imagination has etched and lasting. Just one of my favorites.

[Anshin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Un prezioso documento dall'antichità greca, dall'antichità degli uomini, degli eroi, e degli dèi.