The Complete Works of Hesiod. Illustrated

Hesiod is generally regarded 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. Hesiod composed the Theogony and Works and Days. Other poems, including the Catalogue of Women and the Shield of Heracles, were falsely attributed to him later. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping. Contents: The Translations Works And Days The Theogony The Shield Of Heracles Fragments The Greek Texts

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Hesiod, Greek Hesiodos, Latin Hesiodus, (flourished c. 700 bc), one of the earliest Greek poets, often called the "father of Greek didactic poetry." Two of his complete epics have survived, the Theogony, relating the myths of the gods, and the Works and Days, describing peasant life.