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What was the greek poet Hesiod best known for?

Hesiod's writings serve as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping. Hesiod is also the immediate parent of gnom… (MORE)

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In Poetry

What kind of poetry did Hesiod write?

he was a didactic writer he was also an oral writer . Some scholars argue about if Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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In Poetry

What poetry was Hesiod best known for?

Hesiod was a Greek oral poet who historians believe was active between 750 and 650 BC. Only two of his complete works still exist today-- Works and Days and Theogony . The… (MORE)

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In Authors, Poets, and Playwrights

What did Homer hesiod and the homeric hymns have in common?

They were all members of Greek mythology and had something to do with it and were both great Greek poets and writers If you are doing this for Greek and Roman Myths in Miss Vi… (MORE)

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In The Simpsons

Who is homer and hesiod?

they are both Greek poets. Homer was blind and his name was used in the now most common show "The Simpsons".

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In Greek and Roman Mythologies

Why is Hesiod important?

He wrote the Thegony, about 800 BC. In it he systematizes the "facts" about the Greek gods.

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In Uncategorized

What was hesiod famous for?

Hesiod was born around the same time as Homer, Hesiod and Homer both wrote in a similar style. Hesiod was famous for writing about Greek and Roman myths.

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In Copyright Law

Are Hesiod quotes public domain?

The quotes themselves are in the public domain, but certain specific translations may be protected.

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In Authors, Poets, and Playwrights

What has the author Hesiod written?

Hesiod. has written: 'Teogonija' -- subject(s): Translations into Macedonian, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Hesiodou tou Askraiou Theogonia =' 'Carmina...'… 'Hesiod's Theogony' -- subject(s): Greek Religious poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods 'Opere' -- subject(s): Translations into Italian, Poetry, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Didactic poetry, Heracles (Greek mythology), Agriculture 'Hesiodi Theogonia ; Opera et dies ; Scutum' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Didactic poetry, Heracles (Greek mythology), Greek Gods, Agriculture 'Mitos Clasificados' 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Hesiodi Ascraei poetae vetvstissimi ac sapientissimi opera' 'Hesiodus' 'Theogonie' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Hesiodi Carmina' -- subject(s): Greek literature, Greek poetry, Collections, Literary collections 'Hesiodea quae feruntur carmina' -- subject(s): Classical Epic poetry 'Theogony ; Works and days ; Shield' -- subject(s): Poetry, Translations into English, Greek Gods, Greek Religious poetry, Heracles (Greek mythology), Greek Didactic poetry, Agriculture, Greek Mythology 'Hesiod's Theogony' -- subject(s): Greek Religious poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods 'Hesiod's Works and days' -- subject(s): Poetry, Farm life, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Translations into English, Agriculture, Greek Mythology, Mythology, Greek, English Translations, Translations, English 'Les oeuvres et les jours' 'Hesiodea quae supersunt omnia, ed. A. Koechly et G. Kinkel' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Hesiodou tou Askraiou Theogonia =' 'Hesiodos Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Opere e giorni' -- subject(s): Seasons, Translations into Italian, Agriculture, Poetry, Farm life 'The poems and fragments done into English prose with introd. and appendices' 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Teogonija' -- subject(s): Translations into Macedonian, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Inno alle muse' -- subject(s): Translations into Italian, Greek Didactic poetry 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Carmina recensuit Aloisius Rzach' 'Les travaux et les jours' -- subject(s): Poetry, Ancient Poetry, Agriculture in literature, Early works to 1800, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Translations into French, Farm life, Agriculture 'Theogonia, Opera et dies, Scutum' -- subject(s): Poetry, Hercules (Greek mythology), Farm life, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Greek Gods, Agriculture 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Inno alle muse' -- subject(s): Translations into Italian, Greek Didactic poetry 'Hesiodos Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Hesiodos Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Werke' 'Inno alle muse' -- subject(s): Translations into Italian, Greek Didactic poetry 'Essential Hesiod' 'Teogonija' -- subject(s): Translations into Macedonian, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Le opere e i giorni' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Homeric hymns. Epic cycle. Homerica' -- subject(s): Translations into English, Greek Epic poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Theogony' -- subject(s): Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Didactic poetry, Agriculture, Greek poetry, Translations from Greek, English poetry, Greek Mythology, Criticism and interpretation, Translations into Italian, Translations into Macedonian, Greek Elegiac poetry, Translations into German 'Werke und Tage. Zweisprachige Ausgabe. Griechisch / Deutsch' 'The Homeric hymns and Homercia' -- subject(s): Greek Epic poetry, Greek Gods, Translations from Greek, English Translations, English prose literature, Translations into English, Poetry 'Scutum Herculis' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'Essential Hesiod' 'Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Translations into German 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German 'Opera quae quidem extant' 'Teogonija' -- subject(s): Translations into Macedonian, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Hesiod's Theogony' -- subject(s): Greek Religious poetry, Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Gods 'Hesiodi Theogonia ; Opera et dies ; Scvtvm' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Didactic poetry, Heracles (Greek mythology), Greek Gods, Agriculture 'Works and Days' -- subject(s): Poetry, Translations into English, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Ancient Poetry, Greek Religious poetry, Agriculture in literature, Heracles (Greek mythology), Greek Gods, Early works to 1800, Translations into German 'Les travaux et les jours' -- subject(s): Poetry, Ancient Poetry, Agriculture in literature, Early works to 1800, Greek Didactic poetry, Seasons, Translations into French, Farm life, Agriculture 'Poemata Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant omnia' 'Hesiodou tou Askraiou Theogonia =' 'Hesiodi, Eumeli, Cinaethonis, Asii et Carminis Naupactii fragmenta' 'Works of Hesiod and the Homeric hymns' -- subject(s): Translations into English, Poetry, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Hymns, Greek (Classical), Greek Fables, Seasons, Farm life, Greek Didactic poetry 'The works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis' -- subject(s): Translations into English, Greek poetry 'Die hesiodische Theogonie, ausgelegt und beurtheilt von G.F. Schoemann' -- subject(s): Accessible book 'The georgicks of Hesiod, by George Chapman; translated elaborately out of the Greek: containing doctrine of husbandrie, moralitie, and pietie; with a perpetuall calendar of good and bad daies; not superstitious, but necessarie (as farre as naturall causes compell) for all men to obserue, an' 'The Homeric hymns and Homerica' -- subject(s): Translations from Greek, Translations into English, Epic poetry, Greek, Greek Epic poetry, English poetry, Greek poetry 'Inno alle muse' -- subject(s): Translations into Italian, Greek Didactic poetry 'Hesiod / translated [from the Greek] by C.A. Elton Bion and Moschus, Sappho, and Musaeus / [translated from the Greek] by F. Fawkes Lycophron / [translated from the Greek] by Viscount Royston' 'Works and Days, Theogony and The Shield of Heracles' 'Commentary on Hesiod - Works and Days, Vv. 1-382' 'Hesiodos Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Hesiodos Erga' -- subject(s): Poetry, Seasons, Farm life, Agriculture, Greek Didactic poetry 'Catalogi sive Eoearum fragmenta' 'Teogonija' -- subject(s): Translations into Macedonian, Greek Religious poetry, Greek Gods, Poetry 'Theogonie ; Werke und Tage' -- subject(s): Poetry, Greek Mythology, Greek Gods, Translations into German (MORE)

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In Ancient Greece

Who were Hesiod Homer Aeschylus and Sophocles?

Hesiod - a farmer and philosopher author late 8th Century BCE. Homer - a bard who reduced the bardic stories to writing late 8th Century BCE. Aeschylus - a poet who wrote play… (MORE)