Hesiod
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Cupid is the Roman incarnation of the Greek god Eros, who first appears in “Theogony” by the poet Hesiod.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019
Anne Carson compares her to Hesiod, and even in the new book, a slender essay collection called “The Condition of Secrecy,” you get a sense of her dazzling, polymathic intelligence.
From New York Times • Dec. 4, 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 poet Hesiod, the first Greek who tried to explain how things began, wrote,
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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