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A Commentary on Hesiod

Author : W.J. Verdenius
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004328211
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book A Commentary on Hesiod written by W.J. Verdenius and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a word-for-word commentary on the first part (vv. 1-382) of Hesiod's Works and Days. Special attention has been paid to peculiarities of grammar and idiom, but also to figures of style and the poet's train of thought. All interpretations - many of them which are new - are documented as fully, but at the same time as concisely, as possible. This documentation, which will prove useful for the interpretation of many other texts, has been made more easily accesible by detailed indexes. Discussion of other views plays a considerable part in the commentary and will help the reader avoid a great number of minor and major misunderstandings. The commentary has been confined to the first part of the poem because this seemed to be more in need of a thorough explanation than the rest. It is also the most interesting part in so far as it forms a kind of manual of social morality. The basis concepts of this doctrine are carefully defined in the commentary, and their historical implications are briefly indicated.

Hesiod's Theogony

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hesiod's Theogony written by Hesiod and published by Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated. This book was released on 1990 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bryn Mawr Commentaries provide clear, concise, accurate, and consistent support for students making the transition from introductory and intermediate texts to the direct experience of ancient Greek and Latin literature. They assume that the student will know the basics of grammar and vocabulary and then provide the specific grammatical and lexical notes that a student requires to begin the task of interpretation.

Hesiod: Theogony, Works and days, Testimonia

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674996229
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (962 download)

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Download or read book Hesiod: Theogony, Works and days, Testimonia written by Hesiod and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer. This volume of the new Loeb Classical Library edition offers a general introduction, a fluid translation facing an improved Greek text of Hesiod's two extant poems, and a generous selection of testimonia from a wide variety of ancient sources regarding Hesiod's life, works, and reception. In Theogony Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the origin of the universe and the rise of the gods, from first beginnings to the triumph of Zeus, and reporting on the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men. In Works and Days Hesiod shifts his attention to the world of men, delivering moral precepts and practical advice regarding agriculture, navigation, and many other matters; along the way he gives us the myths of Pandora and of the Golden, Silver, and other Races of Men.

Hesiod's Works and days

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Hesiod's Works and days written by Hesiod and published by Bryn Mawr Commentaries, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, annotated translation of Hesiod's "Works and Days" is a collaboration between David W. Tandy, a classicist, and Walter Neale, an economist and economic historian. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose "Works and Days" discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to "Works and Days" for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture, and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger, changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period. The authors provide a clear, accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic, political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E., while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of "Works and Days."

Works and Days

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520917354
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Works and Days written by Hesiod and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1997-01-24 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new, annotated translation of Hesiod's Works and Days is a collaboration between David W. Tandy, a classicist, and Walter Neale, an economist and economic historian. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose Works and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to Works and Days for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture, and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger, changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period. The authors provide a clear, accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic, political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B.C.E., while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of Works and Days.

The Narrative Voice in the Theogony of Hesiod

Author : Kathryn B. Stoddard
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047413857
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book The Narrative Voice in the Theogony of Hesiod written by Kathryn B. Stoddard and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2017-07-31 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume analyzes the narrative structure of the Theogony to support the argument that this poem is a didactic poem explaining the position of man in the divine universe. It discusses how Hesiod employs narratological devices to achieve his purposes.

The >Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi

Author : Paola Bassino
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110583488
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The >Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi written by Paola Bassino and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a comprehensive study of the Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi, an influential ancient Greek text that narrates the lives of Homer and Hesiod and their legendary poetic contest. It offers new perspectives on the nature, uses, and legacy of the text and its tale of literary competition. Located within a recent trend in scholarship that treats ancient biographies as modes of literary reception, the first chapter discusses how, for authors throughout antiquity and beyond, staging an imaginary competition between Homer and Hesiod was an adaptable and flexible way to convey a diverse range of speculations on epic poetry. The study of the manuscript tradition reassesses the relationships between the text of the Certamen preserved in its entirety in one single manuscript, and a small number of fragmentary witnesses on papyrus. It also presents new textual evidence demonstrating the success and circulation of the text in the Renaissance, and a new critical edition with translation. The commentary focuses on how the text characterises the two poets and encourages reflection on their respective wisdom, aesthetic and ethical values, divine inspiration, and Panhellenic appeal. It also addresses the role of Alcidamas as a source for the Certamen and identifies other sophistic influences.

The Poems of Hesiod

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806118468
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Hesiod written by Hesiod and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hesiod is the first Greek and, therefore, the first European we can know as a real person, for, unlike Homer, he tells us about himself in his poems. Hesiod seems to have been a successful farmer and a rather gloomy though not humorless man. One suspects from his concern for the bachelor's lot and some rather unflattering remarks about women that he was never married. A close study of both poems reveals the same personality -that of a deeply religious man concerned with the problems of justice and fate.

The Epics of Hesiod

Author : Hesiod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Epics of Hesiod written by Hesiod and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hesiod's Theogony

Author : Stephen Scully
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190463848
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Hesiod's Theogony written by Stephen Scully and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Scully both offers a reading of Hesiod's Theogony and traces the reception and shadows of this authoritative Greek creation story in Greek and Roman texts up to Milton's own creation myth, which sought to "soar above th' Aonian Mount [i.e., the Theogony]...and justify the ways of God to men." Scully also considers the poem in light of Near Eastern creation stories, including the Enûma elish and Genesis, as well as the most striking of modern "scientific myths," Freud's Civilization and its Discontents. Scully reads Hesiod's poem as a hymn to Zeus and a city-state creation myth, arguing that Olympus is portrayed as an idealized polity and--with but one exception--a place of communal harmony. This reading informs his study of the Theogony's reception in later writings about polity, discord, and justice. The rich and various story of reception pays particular attention to the long Homeric Hymns, Solon, the Presocratics, Pindar, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and Plato in the Archaic and Classical periods; to the Alexandrian scholars, Callimachus, Euhemerus, and the Stoics in the Hellenistic period; to Ovid, Apollodorus, Lucian, a few Church fathers, and the Neoplatonists in the Roman period. Tracing the poem's reception in the Byzantine, medieval, and early Renaissance, including Petrarch and Erasmus, the book ends with a lengthy exploration of Milton's imitations of the poem in Paradise Lost. Scully also compares what he considers Hesiod's artful interplay of narrative, genealogical lists, and keen use of personified abstractions in the Theogony to Homeric narrative techniques and treatment of epic verse.

The Poems of Hesiod

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520292863
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Poems of Hesiod written by Hesiod and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Theogony is one of the most important mythical texts to survive from antiquity, and we devote the first section to it. It tells of the creation of the present world order under the rule of almighty Zeus. The Works and Days, in the second section, describes a bitter dispute between Hesiod and his brother over the disposition of their father's property, a theme that allows Hesiod to range widely over issues of right and wrong. The Shield of Herakles, whose centerpiece is a long description of a work of art, is not by Hesiod, at least most of it, but it was always attributed to him in antiquity. It is Hesiodic in style and has always formed part of the Hesiodic corpus. It makes up the third section of this book"--Provided by publisher.

Theogony and Works and Days

Author : Hesiod
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191593494
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Theogony and Works and Days written by Hesiod and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hesiod, who lived in Boetia in the late eighth century BC, is one of the oldest known, and possibly the oldest of Greek poets. His Theogony contains a systematic genealogy of the gods from the beginning of the world and an account of the struggles of the Titans. In contrast, Works and Days is a compendium of moral and practical advice on husbandry, and throws unique and fascinating light on archaic Greek society. As well as offering the earliest known sources for the myths of Pandora, Prometheus and the Golden Age, Hesiod's poetry provides a valuable account of the ethics and superstitions of the society in which he lived. Unlike Homer, Hesiod writes about himself and his family, and he stands out as the first personality in European literature. This new translation, by a leading expert on the Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability. It is accompanied by an introduction and explanatory notes. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

Elements of Latin

Author : Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Latin written by Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Works & Days

Author : Hesiod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Works & Days written by Hesiod and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Works of Hesiod

Author : Hesiod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
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Download or read book The Works of Hesiod written by Hesiod and published by . This book was released on 1728 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brill's Companion to Hesiod

Author : Franco Montanari
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9047440757
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book Brill's Companion to Hesiod written by Franco Montanari and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2009-09-15 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on the growing interest in Near Eastern literature and culture, and applying the insights of both traditional classical philology and the study of oral cultures, this companion offers a wide-ranging, update and comprehensive panorama of the current state of Hesiodic studies.

The Epics of Hesiod

Author : Hesiod Hesiod
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265542682
Total Pages : 622 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book The Epics of Hesiod written by Hesiod Hesiod and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Epics of Hesiod: With an English Commentary and the Readings of Fourteen Mss. Collated for This Work Whatever opinions may be held as to the real dates of the Homeric and the Hesiodic poems, both in their original forms and in the perhaps much altered and interpolated recensions which have come down to us, one fact remains indisputable; they are the only extant Greek writings which have any claim even to approximate to the Epic age, properly so called. Con sequently: their value merely as literature is not the only ground of their fitness and utility for students of Greek; they are not less important in a linguistic point of view, viz. As affording an insight into the peculiarities of the Epic style and dialect, all the more valuable because emanating from distinct centres of the epic art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.