biography
pronunciation:
[heesiod]
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| male
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| lived:
| (fl.8th-cBC)
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| biography:
| Poet, born in Ascra, Greece, at the foot of Mt Helicon. One of the earliest known Greek poets, he is best known for two works. Works and Days exalts honest labour and denounces corrupt and unjust judges. Theogony contains advice as to the days, lucky or unlucky, for the farmer's work. His poetry is didactic. Works and Days gives an invaluable picture of the Greek village community in the 8th-c BC, and the Theogony is of importance to the comparative mythologist. |
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