Theogony, Works and Days, Shield by Hesiod

Theogony, Works and Days, Shield

Hesiod with Apostolos N. Athanassakis (Translator)

192 pages first pub -800 (editions)

fiction classics poetry challenging informative slow-paced
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Hesiod belongs to the transitional period in Greek civilization between the oral tradition and the introduction of a written alphabet. His two major surviving works, the Theogony and the Works and Days, address the divine and the mundane, respecti...

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3.57
based on 52 reviews

Moods

adventurous: 50%

informative: 50%


Pace

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66% of readers chose slow
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