Theogony and Works and Days

ISBN-13: 9780199538317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 112 str.

Hesiod

Opis

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.

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Recenzje

'This is a very welcome publication, an authoritative translation of a major greek author at a reasonable price. Essential reading for classicists' J. G. Hourie, Dept. of Classics, University of Edinburgh

O autorze

Hesiod, geboren 700 v. Chr., vermutlich in Askra in Böotien, war ein griechischer Dichter, der als Ackerbauer und Viehhalter lebte. Neben Homers Ilias und Odyssee sind Hesiods Werke die Hauptquellen für unser heutiges Wissen über die griechische Mythologie und Mythographie sowie das Alltagsleben seiner Zeit. Er gilt als Begründer des didaktischen Epos, des Lehrgedichtes, das nach seiner Heimat Askra später von den Römern, besonders von Vergil bezeichnet wurde.