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Hesiod

Type Figure Region Ancient Greece Time c. -750–-700 Also known as Hesiod、Ἡσίοδος、Hesiodos

Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet active around 750 BCE, born in Ascra, Boeotia;…

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  1. c. -750–-700Ascra · BoeotiaHesiod composed Works and Days and Theogony around Ascra in Boeotia, on themes of agricultural labor, the order of justice, and divine genealogy, reflecting the ethical outlook of Greek farming society and forming a literary tradition complementary to Homeric heroic epic.

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