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| theogony and works and days summary: Theogony Hesiod, 1999 This new and fully annotated translation by one of the world's leading authorities on Hesiod's poetry combines accuracy with readability and includes a brilliant introduction and explanatory notes. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Goose-step Upton Sinclair, 1923 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Narrative Voice in the Theogony of Hesiod Kathryn B. Stoddard, 2017-07-31 This volume offers analysis of the narratological structure of the Theogony with the purpose of elucidating a major, unifying theme in this poem: the relationship between the divine and mortal realms. The techniques of narratology are herein employed to support the argument that Hesiod portrays the cosmos as sharply divided between gods and men. The Theogony should therefore be read as a didactic poem explaining primarily the position of man vis-à-vis the gods. The first half of this book discusses relevant scholarship and introduces the theme of relationship of gods to men in the Theogony. The second half of the book discusses how Hesiod employs Character-Text, Attributive Discourse, Embedded Focalization, Anachrony, and Commentary to achieve his didactic purposes. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Iliad Homerus, 1763 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Poems of Hesiod Hesiod, 1983 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. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Library of Greek Mythology Apollodorus, 1998 A new translation of an important text for Greek mythology used as a source book by classicists from antiquity to Robert Graves, The Library of Greek Mythology is a complete summary of early Greek myth, telling the story of each of the great families of heroic mythology, and the various adventures associated with the main heroes and heroines, from Jason and Perseus to Heracles and Helen of Troy. Using the ancient system of detailed histories of the great families, it contains invaluable genealogical diagrams for maximum clarity. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Poems of Hesiod Hesiod, 2017-08 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 summary: The Poems and Fragments Done Into English Prose with Introd. and Appendices Hesiod, 1908 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Hesiod: works and days T.A. Sinclair, 1932 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Tortoise and the Hare Aesop, 2011 A boastful hare meets his match in this attractive retelling of Aesop's famed tale. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Hesiod's Cosmos Jenny Strauss Clay, 2009-07-30 This study reveals the unity of Hesiod's vision of the Cosmos by reading both his poems as two complementary halves of a whole embracing the human and divine cosmos. In the Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod, roughly contemporary with Homer, does not describe the deeds of the heroes. He provides instead the earliest comprehensive account of the genesis of the Greek gods and the nature of human life that became the foundation for later Greek literature and philosophy. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Zeus George O'Connor, 2010-01-05 Tells the story of Zeus and his battle with his father, Kronos, and the Titans. In graphic novel format. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Making of the Odyssey The late M. L. West, 2014-10-30 The poet of the Odyssey was a seriously flawed genius. He had a wonderfully inventive imagination, a gift for pictorial detail and for introducing naturalistic elements into epic dialogue, and a grand architectural plan for the poem. He was also a slapdash artist, often copying verses from the Iliad or from himself without close attention to their suitability. With various possible ways of telling the story bubbling up in his mind, he creates a narrative marked by constant inconsistency of detail. He is a fluent composer who delights in prolonging his tale with subsidiary episodes, yet his deployment of the epic language is often inept and sometimes simply unintelligible. The Making of the Odyssey is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric Odyssey. Martin West places the poem in its late seventh-century context in relation to the Iliad and other poetry of the time. He also investigates the traditions that lie behind it: the origins of the figure of Odysseus, and folk tales such as those of the One-eyed Ogre and the Husband's Return. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Iliad & The Odyssey Homer, 2013-04-29 The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey: Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does he know what awaits him when he finally makes his way home. These two books are some of the most import books in the literary cannon, having influenced virtually every adventure tale ever told. And yet they are still accessible and immediate and now you can have both in one binding. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Ovid: Ars Amatoria, Book III Ovid, 2003 This is a full-scale commentary devoted to the third book of Ovid's Ars Amatoria. It includes an Introduction, a revision of E. J. Kenney's Oxford text of the book, and detailed line-by-line and section-by-section commentary on the language and ideas of the text. Combining traditional philological scholarship with some of the concerns of more recent critics, both Introduction and commentary place particular emphasis on: the language of the text; the relationship of the book to the didactic, 'erotodidactic' and elegiac traditions; Ovid's usurpation of the lena's traditional role of erotic instructor of women; the poet's handling of the controversial subjects of cosmetics and personal adornment; and the literary and political significances of Ovid's unexpected emphasis in the text of Ars III on restraint and 'moderation'. The book will be of interest to all postgraduates and scholars working on Augustan poetry. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica Hesiod, 1914 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Classical Mythology , 2007-08-23 From Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exert a timeless power over us. But what do those myths represent, and why are they so enduringly fascinating? Why do they seem to be such a potent way of talking about our selves, our origins, and our desires? This imaginative and stimulating Very Short Introduction goes beyond a simple retelling of the stories to explore the rich history and diverse interpretations of classical myths. It is a wide-ranging account, examining how classical myths are used and understood in both high art and popular culture, taking the reader from the temples of Crete to skyscrapers in New York, and finding classical myths in a variety of unexpected places: from arabic poetry and Hollywood films, to psychoanalysis, the bible, and New Age spiritualism. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Hesiodic Voices Richard Hunter, 2014-03-06 This book selects central texts illustrating the literary reception of Hesiod's Works and Days in antiquity and considers how these moments were crucial in fashioning the idea of 'didactic literature'. A central chapter considers the development of ancient ideas about didactic poetry, relying not so much on explicit critical theory as on how Hesiod was read and used from the earliest period of reception onwards. Other chapters consider Hesiodic reception in the archaic poetry of Alcaeus and Simonides, in the classical prose of Plato, Xenophon and Isocrates, in the Aesopic tradition, and in the imperial prose of Dio Chrysostom and Lucian; there is also a groundbreaking study of Plutarch's extensive commentary on the Works and Days and an account of ancient ideas of Hesiod's linguistic style. This is a major and innovative contribution to the study of Hesiod's remarkable poem and to the Greek literary engagement with the past. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Myths of Babylon J.K. Jackson, 2018-12-15 Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Pindar Pindar, Anacreon, 1837 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women Richard Hunter, 2005-07-14 This collection of essays offers an exploration of the meaning and significance of the Catalogue of Women, attributed to Hesiod. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Ovid and Hesiod Ioannis Ziogas, 2013-04-11 The influence on Ovid of Hesiod, the most important archaic Greek poet after Homer, has been underestimated. Yet, as this book shows, a profound engagement with Hesiod's themes is central to Ovid's poetic world. As a poet who praised women instead of men and opted for stylistic delicacy instead of epic grandeur, Hesiod is always contrasted with Homer. Ovid revives this epic rivalry by setting the Hesiodic character of his Metamorphoses against the Homeric character of Virgil's Aeneid. Dr Ziogas explores not only Ovid's intertextual engagement with Hesiod's works but also his dialogue with the rich scholarly, philosophical and literary tradition of Hesiodic reception. An important contribution to the study of Ovid and the wider poetry of the Augustan age, the book also forms an excellent case study in how the reception of previous traditions can become the driving force of poetic creation. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion Esther Eidinow, Julia Kindt, Robin Osborne, 2016-08-03 Studied for many years by scholars with Christianising assumptions, Greek religion has often been said to be quite unlike Christianity: a matter of particular actions (orthopraxy), rather than particular beliefs (orthodoxies). This volume dares to think that, both in and through religious practices and in and through religious thought and literature, the ancient Greeks engaged in a sustained conversation about the nature of the gods and how to represent and worship them. It excavates the attitudes towards the gods implicit in cult practice and analyses the beliefs about the gods embedded in such diverse texts and contexts as comedy, tragedy, rhetoric, philosophy, ancient Greek blood sacrifice, myth and other forms of storytelling. The result is a richer picture of the supernatural in ancient Greece, and a whole series of fresh questions about how views of and relations to the gods changed over time. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Metamorphoses Ovid, 1960 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours Gregory Nagy, 2020-01-10 The ancient Greeks’ concept of “the hero” was very different from what we understand by the term today. In 24 installments, based on the Harvard course Nagy has taught and refined since the 1970s, The Ancient Greek Hero in 24 Hours explores civilization’s roots in Classical literature—a lineage that continues to challenge and inspire us. |
| theogony and works and days summary: King of Sacrifice Sarah Hitch, 2009 Descriptions of animal sacrifice in Homer offer detailed accounts of this attempt at communication between man and gods. Hitch explores the structural and thematic importance of animal sacrifice as an expression of the quarrel between Akhilleus and Agamemnon through the differing perspectives of the primary narrative and character speech. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Traditional Themes and the Homeric Hymns Cora Angier Sowa, 1984 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Homer the Classic Gregory Nagy, 2009 This book is about the reception of Homeric poetry from the fifth through the first century BCE. The aim of this book, which centers on ancient concepts of Homer as the author of a body of poetry that we know as the Iliad and the Odyssey, is to show how Homer's work became a classic in the days of the Athenian empire and later. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The First Book of Moses, Called Genesis , 1999 Hailed as the most radical repackaging of the Bible since Gutenberg, these Pocket Canons give an up-close look at each book of the Bible. |
| theogony and works and days summary: Thyestes Lucius Annaeus Seneca, 1674 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Classical Mythology Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. Lenardon, 1991 |
| theogony and works and days summary: The World of Hesiod Andrew Robert Burn, 1975 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Theogony and Works and Days Hesiod,, 2008-12-11 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. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Nineteenth Century and After , 1929 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Nineteenth Century and After , 1929 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Plot Summary Index , 1981 |
| theogony and works and days summary: Jewish Love Magic Ortal-Paz Saar, 2017-08-28 Jewish Love Magic: From Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages is the first monograph dedicated to the supernatural methods employed by Jews in order to generate love, grace or hate. Examining hundreds of manuscripts, often unpublished, Ortal-Paz Saar skillfully illuminates a major aspect of the Jewish magical tradition. The book explores rituals, spells and important motifs of Jewish love magic, repeatedly comparing them to the Graeco-Roman and Christian traditions. In addition to recipes and amulets in Hebrew, Aramaic and Judaeo-Arabic, primarily originating in the Cairo Genizah, also rabbinic sources and responsa are analysed, resulting in a comprehensive and fascinating picture. “Due to the general neglect of the topic in previous scholarship, the richness of the research corpus and the scientific precision of the author, Saar’s Jewish Love Magic is an important volume that should be on the shelf of every scholar focusing on ancient Jewish magic, but also on Jewish culture and cultural history in general. Furthermore, the book is an enjoyable read also for a non-specialist audience thanks to its clarity and fluency.” - Alessia Belusci, Yale University, in: Journal of Semitic Studies 64.2 (2019) “This is a valuable foray into the relationship between institutionalised religion and magic and the complex question of ‘legitimacy’. Overall, the book presents a compelling case for the existence of Jewish ‘love magic’.” -Ann Jeffers, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019) |
| theogony and works and days summary: Farming and Poetry in Hesiod's Works and Days Maria S. Marsilio, 2000 This book fills a void in classical scholarship with its treatment of the interplay between farming and poetry in Hesiod's poem and in later Greek poetry. Its accessibility to those unfamiliar with ancient Greek is heightened by the translations of Greek words and phrases, along with an introduction aimed at the non-specialist, yet the book deals masterfully with semantics and parallels within Greek poetics in order to reveal the interconnectedness of Hesiod's Almanac and moral themes. Farming and Poetry in Hesiod's Works and Days will be of interest to classical scholars and the general reader interested in Greek poetics. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women and Archaic Greece Kirk Ormand, 2014-04-28 This book examines the extant fragments of the archaic Greek poem known in antiquity as Hesiod's Catalogue of Women. Kirk Ormand shows that the poem should be read intertextually with other hexameter poetry from the eighth to sixth century BCE, especially Homer, Hesiod, and the Cyclic epics. Through literary interaction with these poems, the Catalogue reflects political and social tensions in the archaic period regarding the production of elite status. In particular, Ormand argues that the Catalogue reacts against the 'middling ideology' that came to the fore during the archaic period in Greece, championing traditional aristocratic modes of status. Ormand maintains that the poem's presentation of the end of the heroic age is a reflection of a declining emphasis on nobility of birth in the structures of authority in the emerging sixth century polis. |
| theogony and works and days summary: The ESSENTIALS of Ancient History Gordon M. Patterson, 1990 REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Ancient History: 4500 BC to 500 AD discusses Mesopotamian civilization, Egyptian civilization, Hebrew civilization, Greek civilization, Alexander and the Hellenistic Age, the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, and Christianity in the ancient world. |
Theogony – Mythopedia
Mar 17, 2023 · The Theogony, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is an early Greek epic. It describes in detail the beginnings of the cosmos, the origins and genealogies of the gods, and …
Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia
(1–25) From the Heliconian Muses let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring and the altar of the almighty son of …
Works and Days – Mythopedia
Mar 21, 2023 · In the Works and Days, as in the Theogony, Hesiod comes across as a curmudgeonly, pessimistic farmer with conservative ethical and religious values and a strong …
Eros – Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · Eros’ origins are obscure and vary depending on the source. In Hesiod’s Theogony, he is a primordial god and one of the first beings to come into existence, but many later …
Chaos – Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · The main literary source for Chaos’ origins and mythological role is Hesiod(eighth/seventh century BCE), whose Theogony makes Chaos the first entity of the …
Erebus - Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · In the common account, known from Hesiod’s Theogony, Erebus was the child of Chaos, who begot him and his sister Nyx (“Night”) without a consort. Some traditions, …
Nemesis – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · According to Hesiod’s Theogony, on the other hand, Nemesis’ mother Nyx (“Night”) sent Nemesis to mortals to cause them suffering, as the negative force of destructive anger. …
Mnemosyne - Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · Hesiod, Theogony 132ff; cf. Apollodorus, Library 1.1.3. Cf. also Plato, Timaeus 40e, where Theia seems to be counted as a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. ↩; Hesiod, …
Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
Mar 23, 2023 · Hesiod: The Theogony (seventh or sixth century BCE) is the most complete source for the mythology and genealogy of the Hecatoncheires. Callimachus: In his fourth …
Typhoeus - Mythopedia
Mar 25, 2023 · In Hesiod’s Theogony, Typhoeus is described as having 100 snake heads, fiery eyes, the ability to either breathe fire or shoot fire from his eyes (the Greek is unclear), and a …
Theogony – Mythopedia
Mar 17, 2023 · The Theogony, composed by Hesiod around 700 BCE, is an early Greek epic. It describes in detail the beginnings of the cosmos, the origins and genealogies of the gods, and …
Theogony (Full Text) - Mythopedia
(1–25) From the Heliconian Muses let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring and the altar of the almighty son of …
Works and Days – Mythopedia
Mar 21, 2023 · In the Works and Days, as in the Theogony, Hesiod comes across as a curmudgeonly, pessimistic farmer with conservative ethical and religious values and a strong …
Eros – Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · Eros’ origins are obscure and vary depending on the source. In Hesiod’s Theogony, he is a primordial god and one of the first beings to come into existence, but many later …
Chaos – Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · The main literary source for Chaos’ origins and mythological role is Hesiod(eighth/seventh century BCE), whose Theogony makes Chaos the first entity of the …
Erebus - Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · In the common account, known from Hesiod’s Theogony, Erebus was the child of Chaos, who begot him and his sister Nyx (“Night”) without a consort. Some traditions, …
Nemesis – Mythopedia
Mar 8, 2023 · According to Hesiod’s Theogony, on the other hand, Nemesis’ mother Nyx (“Night”) sent Nemesis to mortals to cause them suffering, as the negative force of destructive anger. …
Mnemosyne - Mythopedia
Mar 9, 2023 · Hesiod, Theogony 132ff; cf. Apollodorus, Library 1.1.3. Cf. also Plato, Timaeus 40e, where Theia seems to be counted as a daughter of Oceanus and Tethys. ↩; Hesiod, …
Hecatoncheires – Mythopedia
Mar 23, 2023 · Hesiod: The Theogony (seventh or sixth century BCE) is the most complete source for the mythology and genealogy of the Hecatoncheires. Callimachus: In his fourth …
Typhoeus - Mythopedia
Mar 25, 2023 · In Hesiod’s Theogony, Typhoeus is described as having 100 snake heads, fiery eyes, the ability to either breathe fire or shoot fire from his eyes (the Greek is unclear), and a …
