For the gods keep hidden from men the means of life. Else you would easily do work enough in a day to supply you for a full year even without working; soon would you put away your rudder over the ...

This classical allegory of the poet’s role has intriguing modern resonance Lines from Hesiod’s Theogony, translated by Thomas Cooke “Shepherds, attend, your happiness who place In gluttony alone, the ...

I was in my mid-teens when someone gave me a copy of Pears Encyclopaedia of Myth and Legends as a birthday present. It sat on my shelves for many months before I looked at it. When I did, I couldn't ...

From Hesiod’s “Work and Days” by A. E. Stallings Ode to Work (287–411) Bad’s had for the taking, woes galore, The road is smooth and short—She lives next door. The strait and narrow path the gods have ...

WHAT IS THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF OUR CONCEPT OF CHAOS? The term 'chaos' appears for the first time in world literature in a remarkable passage in Hesiod's Theogony, but almost certainly it does not ...

Natalie stands up for the prize-winning Greek poet, cataloguer of gods and author of a flatpack wagon manual, Hesiod. She's joined by Professor Edith Hall and poet Alicia Stallings. Hesiod is highly ...

One of the two sources most commonly quoted by Socrates is Hesiod. A couple of his major works survive. One is Works and Days and the other is Theogony (meaning ‘the genealogy of the gods’). Hesiod ...

According to Greek tradition, Odysseus had a son named Latinus who ruled over the Etruscans. Was he the King Latinus of Virgil's Aeneid?