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Theogony : Works and days, Hesiod; Elegies [of] Theognis ; translated and with introductions by Dorothea Wender.

By:

Hesiod [author]

Contributor(s):

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Original language: Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Penguin classicsPublication details: London : Penguin, 1973.Description: 170 pages ; 19 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0140442839

Uniform titles:

Theogony. English

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

881.01

Incomplete contents:

Hesiod: Introduction -- Theogony -- Works and days -- Theognis: Introduction -- Elegies.

Summary: "Together these two poets offer a superb introduction to the life and thought of archaic Greece. Hesiod's Theogony (c.725 B.C.) is a primitive creation of myth: it contains all the elements of a story - dark forces, sex and violence - but can also be read as philosophical speculation of a high order, and it soars to religious heights in its hymns. In contrast, his Works and Days, also included in this volume, is an intriguing combination of agricultural advice, moral maxims, social and political comment and superstitious lore. Theognis, the savage and suspicious author of many short elegiac poems, writing some two centuries later than Hesiod, ranges from serious theological questioning to satire and intensely personal love lyrics, and reflects the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society." -- Back cover.

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Hesiod: Introduction -- Theogony -- Works and days -- Theognis: Introduction -- Elegies.

"Together these two poets offer a superb introduction to the life and thought of archaic Greece. Hesiod's Theogony (c.725 B.C.) is a primitive creation of myth: it contains all the elements of a story - dark forces, sex and violence - but can also be read as philosophical speculation of a high order, and it soars to religious heights in its hymns. In contrast, his Works and Days, also included in this volume, is an intriguing combination of agricultural advice, moral maxims, social and political comment and superstitious lore.
Theognis, the savage and suspicious author of many short elegiac poems, writing some two centuries later than Hesiod, ranges from serious theological questioning to satire and intensely personal love lyrics, and reflects the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society." -- Back cover.