Theogony
Oxford Classical Texts
Hesiod
ISBN: | 9780198145684 |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Published: | 15 October, 1970 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | Greek |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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Theogony
Oxford Classical Texts
Hesiod
Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's Works and Days, written to advise his...
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