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Hesiod

195372 pagesabout 1–2 hours
1953
first published
  • 1953Bobbs-Merrill · ENGISBN 9780672602023
  • 1973Penguin Books · 176 pages · ENGISBN 9780140442830
  • 1987Focus Information Group · 152 pages · ENGISBN 9780941051002
  • 1988Oxford University Press · 79 pages · ENGISBN 9780192510389
  • 1999Oxford University Press, USA; Translated · 112 pages · ENGISBN 9780192839411
  • 2007FQ Classics · 72 pages · ENGISBN 9781599868561
  • 2006University of Michigan Press · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780472069323
  • 2006University of Michigan Press · 128 pages · ENGISBN 9780472099320

Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201, and material from the Library of Apollodorus.

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