Theogony and Works & Days

Theogony and Works & Days

by Hesiod, M. L. West (Translator)
Publisher: Oxford University
Trade Paperback, 86 pages
Price: $11.95

This new, fully-annotated translation by a leading expert on Hesiodic poems combines accuracy with readability and includes an introduction and explanatory notes on these two works by one of the oldest known Greek poets. The Theogony contains a systematic genealogy and account of the struggles of the gods, and the Works and Days offers a compendium of moral and practical advice for a life of honest husbandry.

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