Hesiod

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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    September 1976
  • Latest Book:
    November 2018
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Book List in Order: 12 titles

  • Hesiod and Theognis

    Together these two poets-Hesiod, the epic poet, and Theognis, the elegist-offer a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece.

    For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the E...

  • Theogony and Works and Days

    The Theogony and Works and Days are written by Hesiod, who was one of the earliest Greek poets. The Theogony is largely a historical geneaology of gods which starts at the beginning of the world. Works and Days includes both partical and moral advice...

  • The Theogony, Works and Days, and the Shield of Heracles

    Greek poet Hesiod, who lived sometime during the 8th and 7th century B.C., is regarded as one the most important poets of classical antiquity. What little is known of him largely comes from his own epic poetry, in which he unconventionally inserted d...

  • Hesiod's Theogony

    Hesiod's Theogony, written by legendary author Hesiod, is widely considered to be one of the greatest classic texts of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Hesiod's Theogony is required reading...

  • The Theogony of Hesiod

    Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations."From the Heliconian Muses let us begin to sing, who hold the great and holy mount of Helicon, and dance on soft feet about the deep-blue spring and the altar of the almighty son of Cronos, and, when they have...

  • The Shield of Heracles

    Greek poet Hesiod, who lived sometime during the 8th and 7th century B.C., is regarded as one the most important poets of classical antiquity. What little is known of him largely comes from his own epic poetry, in which he unconventionally inserted d...

  • Work and Days

    Work and Days is a didactic poem of some 800 verses written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts. Scholars have s...

  • Theogony

  • Theogony, Works and Days, and the Shield of Heracles:

    Greek poet Hesiod, who lived sometime during the 8th and 7th century BC, is regarded as one the most important poets of classical antiquity. What little is known of him largely comes from his epic poetry, in which he unconventionally inserted details...



  • The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments

  • Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia

  • Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

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    Hesiod was an early Greek poet and rhapsode, who presumably lived around 700 BC. Hesiod and Homer are generally considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived since at least Herodotusas time and they are often paired. Hesiodas writings s...

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Hesiod has published 12 books.

Hesiod does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments, was published in November 2018.

The first book by Hesiod, Hesiod and Theognis, was published in September 1976.

No. Hesiod does not write books in series.
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