Hesiod

American  

[hee-see-uhd, hes-ee-] / ˈhi si əd, ˈhɛs i- /

noun

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

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Hesiod British  

/ ˈhɛsɪˌɒd /

noun

1. 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

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• Hesiodic
  adjective

Example Sentences

That sounds very high-minded, yet “Works and Days” is a surprisingly personal work, grounded in a quarrel between Hesiod and his brother over a paternal inheritance.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2018

I spent many a dull day with his Hesiod before concluding that this wasn't the case.

From The Guardian • Jun. 29, 2012

The works of Homer and another epic, Theogony by Hesiod, are the source of much of Greek mythology.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2012

The performance of the panels pales in comparison with the score achieved by a marble head of the first century cataloged as the “head of a Greek poet, probably Hesiod, Roman Imperial.”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2011

Hesiod in the eighth or ninth century tells about the Chimaera, and Anteia’s love and the sad end of Bellerophon are in the Iliad.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton