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Hesiod

Also known as Hesiodus, Hesiod of Ascra

Hesiod ( or ; Hēsíodos; ) was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

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Hesiod was a male poet, writer, rhapsode, and mythographer who wrote in Ancient Greek. His notable works include the *Theogony*, *Works and Days*, and *Catalogue of Women*. He is described by sources such as the *Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary*, *Pauly–Wissowa*, *Encyclopædia Britannica* 11th edition, and *The Nuttall Encyclopædia*. His name in his native language is Ἡσίοδος.

Hesiod was a citizen of Cyme and is associated with the significant place of Ascra, where he died and is believed to have lived. He was born in 776 BCE and flourished during the periods of 800 BCE and 700 BCE. He died in the 7th century B.C. and is buried in Orchomenus. His works are held in collections such as the National Gallery of Art.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 8th B.C.
Died: 7th cent. B.C.
Works: 158

Top works

Hesiodi Ascraei Poema inscriptum ...
Teogonia
Hints from the Works and days, or, Moral, economical and agricultural maxims and reflections of Hesiod
Hesiodi quæ extant
In hoc opere continentur, Hesiodi ascraei duo libri Georgicon Erga kai hēmerai, id est Opera & dies, saluberrimis pleni doctrinis

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Key facts

Writer.name: Hesiod
Writer.native_name: Ἡσίοδος
Writer.native_name_lang: grc
Writer.language: Ancient Greek
Writer.image: Bust of Hesiod (?)-Ancient Roman busts in the Neues Museum.jpg
Writer.caption: A possible imaginative depiction of Hesiod (Roman copy of a Greek original)
Writer.notable_works: Works and Days Theogony
Writer.years_active: 750-650 BC

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Cyme
Place of birth: Ascra
Place of death: Ascra
Occupation: rhapsode
Languages spoken: Ancient Greek
Native language: Ancient Greek
Notable work: Catalogue of Women
Genre: poetry
Image: Pseudo-Seneca BM GR1962.8-24.1.jpg

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topic's main category: Category:Hesiod
Commons category: Hesiod
Commons Creator page: Hesiod
name in native language: Ἡσίοδος
has works in the collection: National Gallery of Art
writing language: Ancient Greek
P8168: Britt Nicole
floruit: 0700-00-00
date of birth: 0776-00-00
P13311: diarrhea
place of burial: Orchomenus
significant place: Ascra

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Works in European collections

35 objects attributed to Hesiod, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Hēsiodu Askraiu Ta Heuriskomena :Cum Notis Ex Quibusdam Auctoribus Selectis ; Accedit Pasoris Index = Hesiodi Ascraei Quae Extant

Poetæ Minores Græci, Selecti & Emendati: Scilicet, Hesiodus, Theocritus, Moschus, Bion, Smyrn. Musæus, Theoause, Phocylides, Pythagoras... In Usum Scholarum

Ta heuriskomena. Quae extant

様 siodu Askraiu Ta Euriskomena = Hesiodi Ascraei Quae Extant

Hesiodi Ascraei Quae Extant = Hēsiodu Askraiu Ta Euriskomena

Hesiodu ... erga kai hēmerai = Hesiodi Opera Et Dies

Hesiodos' poems

Ascraei opera, que quidem extant, omnia Graece, cum interpretatione Latina eregione, ut conferri a Graecae linguae studiosis citra neiint. Adiectis iisdem latine carmine elegantiss, versis et Genealogiae deorum a Pylade Brixiano descriptae Libris V Accessit nunc demum Herculis Scutum doctiss. Carmine and Ioanne Ramo conversum

Hesiodi Opera et dies

Hesiodos ho Askraios [Texto impreso]

Theogonia. Librorum MSS. et veterum editionum lectionibus commentario que instruxit David Jacobus van Lennep.

Scutum Herculis, Ex Recognitione Et Cum Animadversionibus Friderici Augusti Wolfii, Edidit C. Ferdinandus Ranke

Erga kai hemerai. (Opera et dies.)

Hēsiodu Erga kai hēmerai:

Hesiodi Ascraei Quae Exstant: Accedit Commentarius nunc primùm editus Joannis Clerici, Et Notae variorum, scilicet Josephi Scaligeri, Danielis Heinsii, Francisci Guieti, & Stephani Clerici, ac Danielis Heinsii Introductio in Doctrinam Operum Et Dierum; Nec non Index Georgii Pasoris

Hesiodi Ascraei Poetae Vetvstissimi Ac Sapientissimi opera, quae quidem extant :omnia Graecè, cum interpreatatione latina è regione, ut conferri à graecae linguae studiosis citra negotium possint. Adiectis etiam ijsdem latino carmine elegantis. uersis, & Genealogi[a]e deorum à Pylade Brixiano uiro doctiss. descriptae Libris V.

Hesiodi Ascraei quae supersunt :Cum notis variorum

Opera omnia

Hēsiodu Askraiu ta heuriskomena :Cum Graecis Scholiis Procli, Moschopuli Tzetzae ... = Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant

Hesiodi Ascraei Quaecumque Exstant: Graece Et Latine. [1]

Theogonia Hesiodea

Hesiod’s works and orfeus of the Argonaut

Hesiodi Ascraei Opera Omnia

Carmina

Opera omnia :Graece cum interpretatione Lat. e regione ; Adiectis iisdem Latino carmine versis et Genealogiae Deorum a Pylade Brix. descriptae Lib. V ; Accessit nunc demum Herculis scutum a Jo. Ramo convers um

Hesiodi Ascraei Poema Inscriptvm Erga Kai Hēmerai, id est, Opera & This

Hesiodi Ascraei Poetae Vetvstissimi Ac Sapientissimi opera, quae quidem extant :omnia Graece, cum interpretatione latina e regione, ut conferri a graecae linguae studiosis citra negotium possint. Adiectis etiam ijsdem latino carmine elegantiss. uersis, & Genealogiae deorum à Pylade Brixiano ... descriptae Libris V. Item, Ioannis Grammatici Cognomento Tzetzis, ... Scholia Graeca in eadem omnia Hesiodi opera, nunc primum ... edita

Hesiodi Ascraei Opuscula Inscripta Erga Kai Hēmerai :Sic Recens Nunc Latine reddita ut versus versui respondeat, una cum Scholiis obscuriora aliquot loca illustrantibus ; Addita est antiqua Nicolai Vallae translatio, ut quis conferre queat

Hēsiodu Erga Kai Hēmerai = Hesiod’s moral and economic regulations

Hesiodi Ascraei Opera, Quae quidem extant :omnia Graecè, cum interpretatione Latina ... Adiectis Iisdem Latino Carmine Elegantiss. versis, & Genealogiae deorum à Pylade Brixiano descriptae, Libris V. Accessit ... Herculis Scutum, ...

Hesiodus

Hesiodi Ascraei Poema Inscriptvm Erga Kai Hēmerai, id est, Opera & This

Theogonia Hesiodea

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections

Contents

Life
Death
Dating
Works
''Theogony''
''Works and Days''
Hesiodic corpus
Reception
Depictions
Monnus mosaic
Portrait bust
Hesiod's Greek
Notes
Citations
References
Further reading
Selected translations
External links

Hesiod ( or ; Hēsíodos; ) was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

Several of Hesiod's works have survived in their entirety. Among these are Theogony, which tells the origins of the gods, their lineages, and the events that led to Zeus's rise to power, and Works and Days, a poem that describes the five Ages of Man, offers advice and wisdom, and includes myths such as Pandora's box.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hesiod” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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