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Hesiod

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Noun

1. hesiod

Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)

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Hesiod

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noun
8th century bc, Greek poet and the earliest author of didactic verse. His two complete extant works are the Works and Days, dealing with the agricultural seasons, and the Theogony, concerning the origin of the world and the genealogies of the gods

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Hesiod

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fl. 8th cent. b.c.; Gr. poet

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Hesiod

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Greek poet. The major epics ascribed to him are Works and Days, a valuable account of ancient rural life, and Theogony, a description of the gods and the beginning of the world.

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