Hesiod

[ hee-see-uhd, hes-ee- ]

noun

1. fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.

Hesiod

/ ˈhɛsɪˌɒd /

noun

1. Hesiod8th century bc8th century bcMGreekWRITING: poet 8th century bc , Greek poet and the earliest author of didactic verse. His two complete extant works are the Works and Days, dealing with the agricultural seasons, and the Theogony , concerning the origin of the world and the genealogies of the gods

Derived Forms

• ˌHesiˈodic, adjective

Other Words From

• He·si·od·ic [hee-see-, od, -ik, hes-ee-], adjective

Example Sentences

Hesiod, quite unlike his contemporaries, the "later" poets of Iliad and Odyssey, gives to Heracles an iron helmet and sword.

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It is clear, however, that his conception of that past differed considerably from the traditions of Hesiod.

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To Hesiod, then, we must turn for what is the earliest complete literary form of the Greek cosmogonic myth.

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All these circumstances appear to be good evidence of the great antiquity of the legends recorded by Hesiod.

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We now turn from Homer's incidental allusions to the ample and systematic narrative of Hesiod.

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