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The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.
by Hesiod
Chapters
10 totalTHE REMAINS OF HESIOD THE ASCRÆAN
PREFACE.
DISSERTATION ON THE LIFE AND ÆRA OF HESIOD, HIS POEMS, AND MYTHOLOGY.
The Works and Days.
THE WORKS AND DAYS.
The Theogony.
THE THEOGONY.
The Shield of Hercules.
THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
Appendix.
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Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield_of_Heracles
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The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes. Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.
Language
en
Duration
~4 hours (238K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Sonya Schermann and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Release date
2021-09-20
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
About the author
Hesiod
One of the earliest Greek poets still read today, he helped shape how the ancient world imagined its gods, its daily labor, and the moral struggles of ordinary life. His surviving poems mix myth with practical advice in a way that still feels vivid thousands of years later.
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