Author: Hesiod
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192839411
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
Theogony
Author: Hesiod
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192839411
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192839411
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.
The Poems of Hesiod
Author: Hesiod
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292863
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"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.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520292863
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
"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.
Hesiod: Theogony, Works and days, Testimonia
Author: Hesiod
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674996229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674996229
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
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.
Compositions from the Tragedies of Aeschylus
Author: John Flaxman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of the Tragedies of Aeschylus."--Publisher's notice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of the Tragedies of Aeschylus."--Publisher's notice
Compositions from the "Works and Days" and "Theogony" of Hesiod
Author: John Flaxman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of Hesiod."--Publisher's notice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of Hesiod."--Publisher's notice
Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns
Author: Hesiod
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"In contrast, the Homeric Hymns depict aristocratic life in a polished tone that reveals nothing of the narrators' personalities. These hymns (so named because they address the deities in short invocations at the beginning and end of each) are some of the earliest examples of epyllia, or short stories, in the epic manner in Greek." "This volume unites Hine's translations of the Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns - along with his rendering of the mock-Homeric epic The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice - in a pairing of these important classics"--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
"In contrast, the Homeric Hymns depict aristocratic life in a polished tone that reveals nothing of the narrators' personalities. These hymns (so named because they address the deities in short invocations at the beginning and end of each) are some of the earliest examples of epyllia, or short stories, in the epic manner in Greek." "This volume unites Hine's translations of the Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns - along with his rendering of the mock-Homeric epic The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice - in a pairing of these important classics"--BOOK JACKET.
Hesiod and Theognis
Author: James Davies
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Compositions of John Flaxman, Sculptor
Author: John Flaxman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of The Illiad of Homer."--Publisher's notice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art and mythology
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
"This volume is issue in the hope that it may be useful to art students. It includes the entire series of Flaxman's compositions in illustration of The Illiad of Homer."--Publisher's notice
Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
Author: Hesiod
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
Playing Hesiod
Author: Helen Van Noorden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176081X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book analyzes important ancient responses to Hesiod's five-part narrative of human history as keys to their broader revisions of 'Hesiod'.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 052176081X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 361
Book Description
This book analyzes important ancient responses to Hesiod's five-part narrative of human history as keys to their broader revisions of 'Hesiod'.