Theogony/Works and Days (World's Classics)
by:
Hesiod (author)
M.L. West (author)
West makes Hesiod unintimidating, understandable, and above all human.--Carole Weaver, Iona College
West makes Hesiod unintimidating, understandable, and above all human.--Carole Weaver, Iona College
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Format: paper
ISBN:
9780199538317 (019953831X)
ASIN: 019953831X
Publish date: January 15th 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages no: 112
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Classics,
Non Fiction,
History,
Academic,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Greece,
Ancient,
Mythology
Interesting...confusing...parts of this were helpful for understanding Greek myth but not as much as I had hoped. Works and Days was entertaining and fairly easy to comprehend. Theogony was mostly dry and often-times assumed that readers had knowledge of the story backgrounds. I might try this one a...
Hesiod talks about the beginning of the world then gives advice to his lazy brother.
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