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What poetry was Hesiod best known for?

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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 only other remains of his works are a few lines from a poem called "Shield of Heracles."

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