Hesiod

Hesiod (Hesiodos) was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, believed to have lived around 700 BC. Greek historians debated the priority of Hesiod or of Homer, and even brought them together in an imagined poetic contest; most modern scholars agree that Homer lived before Hesiod.

External links

• Web texts taken from Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica, edited and translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, published as Loeb Classical Library #57, 1914, ISBN 0674990633:
• Perseus Classics Collection: Greek and Roman Materials: Text: Hesiod (Greek texts and English translations for Works and Days, Theogony, and Shield of Heracles with additional notes and cross links.)
• Versions of the electronic edition of Evelyn-White's English translation edited by Douglas B. Killings, June 1995:
• Project Gutenberg plain text.
• Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE: The Online Medieval and Classical Library: Hesiod
• Sacred Texts: Classics: The Works of Hesiod (Theogony and Works and Days only)