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Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer. The first volume of this revised Loeb Classical Library edition offers Hesiod's two extant poems and a generous selection of testimonia regarding his life, works, and reception. In Theogony, Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men. In Works and Days, Hesiod shifts his attention to humanity, delivering moral precepts and practical advice regarding agriculture, navigation, and many other matters; along the way he gives us the myths of Pandora and of the Golden, Silver, and other Races of Men. The second volume contains The Shield and extant fragments of other poems, including the Catalogue of Women, that were attributed to Hesiod in antiquity. The former provides a Hesiodic counterpoint to the shield of Achilles in the Iliad; the latter presents several legendary episodes organized according to the genealogy of their heroes' mortal mothers. None of these is now thought to be by Hesiod himself, but all have considerable literary and historical interest. Glenn W. Most has thoroughly revised his edition to take account of the textual and interpretive scholarship that has appeared since its initial publication. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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For those who who live near the sea and those far from the swelling sea in the valleys and glens, fertile land: sow naked, and plow naked, and harvest naked, if you want to bring in all of Demeter's works in due season, so that each crop may grow for you in its season.
Or this gem:
In the winter, turn your hired man out of your house and look for a serving-girl without her own child; for a serving girl with a baby under flank is a difficult thing. And get a jagged-tooth dog-do not be sparing with its food, lest some day sleeping-man steal your things from you.
Yes, the world would be a miss without Hesiod. I see him as the first rap challenger really. Throwing down against Homer not to mention slamming his lazy good for nothing brother Perses at the poetry slam of Amphidamas' Funeral Games. If only our funerals had poetry slams and chariot races.
Due thanks goes to Loeb for making these available in a time where classical Greek literature is hard to come by, at least the obscure authors. And for finally putting Hesiod in his own two volumes instead of including him in the usual Homeric Apocrypha.
For those of you who are looking for the first layout of the Greek Pantheon, the Theogony is it. Plus, if you want some hilarious advice on how to live the good life and be upstanding you could do no better than the works and days. Hesiod is boss. (