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Hesiod
Native name
Ἡσίοδος
Born
Cyme, Aeolis
Died
Ascra
Occupation
Poet
philosopher
farmer
Language
Ancient Greek
Hesiod (/ˈhiːsiəd/HEE-see-əd or /ˈhɛsiəd/HEH-see-əd;[1] Greek: ἩσίοδοςHēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.[2][3] He is generally regarded by Western authors as 'the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.'[4] Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs.[5] Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought,[6] Archaic Greek astronomy, cosmology, and ancient time-keeping.
^"Hesiod". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
^M. L. West, Hesiod: Theogony, Oxford University Press (1966), p. 40.
^Jasper Griffin, "Greek Myth and Hesiod", J.Boardman, J.Griffin and O. Murray (eds.), The Oxford History of the Classical World, Oxford University Press (1986), p. 88.
^Barron, J. P., and Easterling, P. E., "Hesiod" in The Cambridge History of Classical Literature: Greek Literature,, P. E. Easterling and B. Knox (eds.), Cambridge University Press (1989), p. 51.
^Andrewes, Antony, Greek Society, Pelican Books (1971), p. 254 f.
^Rothbard, Murray N., Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, vol. 1, Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing (1995), p. 8; Gordan, Barry J., Economic Analysis Before Adam Smith: Hesiod to Lessius (1975), p. 3; Brockway, George P., The End of Economic Man: An Introduction to Humanistic Economics, 4th edition (2001), p. 128.
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