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         Hesiod:     more books (100)
  1. Hesiod's Anvil: Falling and Spinning through Heaven and Earth (Dolciani Mathematical Expositions) by Andrew J. Simoson, 2007-05-01
  2. Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns by Hesiod, 2007-08-15
  3. Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod, 2009-10-04
  4. Hesiod and the Language of Poetry by Pietro Pucci, 1977-03-01
  5. Religious Vegetarianism: From Hesiod to the Dalai Lama
  6. Works and Days (Dodo Press) by Hesiod, 2008-10-31
  7. Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N) (v. 1) by Hesiod, 2007-01-15
  8. Essential Hesiod (Essential Heisod) by C Rowe, 2002-11-13
  9. Hesiod: Volume II, The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments. (Loeb Classical Library No. 503) (v. 2) by Hesiod, 2007-03-01
  10. Stories From Plato and Other Classic Writers; Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny by Mary Elizabeth Burt, 2010-09-05
  11. Hesiod's Calendar: A Version of Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days by Robert Saxton, 2010-09-01
  12. Hesiod (Hermes Books Series) by Professor Robert Lamberton, 1988-09-10
  13. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns, and Homerica by Hesiod, Homer, 2008-01-01
  14. Theogonia, Opera et Dies, Scutum, Fragmenta Selecta (Oxford Classical Texts) by Hesiod, 1990-09-13

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22. Hesiod Quotes - The Quotations Page
for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils. Hesiod. It is best to do things systematically human, and disorder is our worst enemy. Hesiod. Man's chiefest treasure is
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes.php3?author=Hesiod

23. Rings Erhob Sich Weißer Schaum Aus Unsterblichem Fleisch

http://marvin.sn.schule.de/~latein/hesiod.htm
Hesiod Aphrodite/ Venus/ Galatea - neu! - SBS [ Hans Zimmermann
Hans Zimmermann
Quellentexte Botticelli ... Arno Schmidt/ Joyce
    „... rings erhob sich
    (Hesiodos, Theogonia 190 f, s.u.
domum/ Index/ links ... Homerischer Aphrodite-Hymnus Die Geburt der Aphrodite
    in Hesiods Theogonie 156-210 (vgl. Botticelli
      Venus in den Metamorphosen des Apuleius
        und Galatea bei Raffael
          und in Goethes Faust II
          Vorgeschichte, kurz berichtet:
          Nach der Entstehung des CHAOS und der GAIA (Erde),
          dann des Tartaros (Unterwelt) innerhalb der Erde und des Eros (Liebesgott, = Amor),
          dann die Berge und den Pontos (die Salzflut).
            Dann, befruchtet durch OURANOS, den Okeanos (Ozean)
            und die Titanen: Koios, Krios, Iapetos und Hyperion
              Ferner die Kyklopen,
              die drei Hundertarmigen Kottos, Briareos, Gyes, (EX ARCHS.) KAI TWN MEN OPWS TIS PRWTA GENOITO und sobald nur einer von ihnen geboren, PANTAS APOKRUPTASKE KAI ES FAOS OUK ANIESKE pantas apokrytaske kai es phaos ouk anieske GAIHS EN KEUQMWNI KAKWI D EPETERPETO ERGWI i i OURANOS. H D ENTOS STENACIZETO GAIA PELWRH

24. Hesiod (bet. 1000 And 700 B.C.)
Hesiod (bet. 1000 and 700 B.C.) Hesiod from Ascra was a famous poet in ancient Greece, living somewhen between 1000 and 700 B.C.
http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/xtra/Bios/hesiod.html
Hesiod (bet. 1000 and 700 B.C.)
Hesiod from Ascra was a famous poet in ancient Greece, living somewhen between 1000 and 700 B.C. His mentioning of the Pleiades and the Hyades is the first known documents related to these two open star clusters in Taurus. Hesiod is commemorated by the naming of Moon Crater Hesiodus (29.4S, 16.3W, 42.0, named 1935), Mercury crater Hesiod (58.5S, 35.0W, 107.0 km, in 1976) as well as asteroid (8550) Hesiodos (discovered August 12, 1994 on La Silla by E.W. Elst, provisionally designated 1994 PV24, as well as 1979 WB6 and 1987 YB4 from pre-discovery sightings). Links
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25. Hesiod - Theogony
Theogony. By Hesiod. Translated by HG EveylnWhite.
http://www.greekmythology.com/Books/Hesiod-Theogony/hesiod-theogony.html
Theogony By Hesiod Translated by H.G. Eveyln-White
Proemium: Hymn to the Muses of Helicon (1 - 104)
  • Chaos and The First Gods (105 - 122)
      Chaos: "Chasm" (116) Gaia or Gaea: "Earth" (116) Tartaros or Tartarus (119) Eros: "Love" (120) Erebos or Erebus: "Gloom" (123) Nyx: "Night" (123)
    The Second Generation: Children of the First Gods
      Children of Night
        (fathered by Erebos)
        Aither or Ether: "Brightness" (125)
        Hemere or Hemera: "Day" (125) (produced asexually: 211 - 232)
      Children of Gaia First Brood (produced asexually)
        Ouranos or Uranus: "Sky" (126)
        Mountains (129)
        Pontos or Pontus: "Sea" (131)
    • Second Brood (Children of Gaia and Ouranos)
        The Titans
        Okeanos or Oceanus: "Ocean" (133)
        Koios or Coeus (134)
        Kreios or Crius (134)
        Hyperion (134)
        Iapetos or Iapetus (134) Theia or Thea: "Goddess" (135) Rheia or Rhea (135) Themis: "Custom" (135)
  • 26. Hesiod. Fl. 8th Cent.? B.C. John Bartlett, Comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th
    Hesiod. fl. 8th cent.? BC John Bartlett, comp. 1919. John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. Hesiod. (fl. 8th cent.? BC). 1.
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    27. Counterspin Central: The Unofficial "FIRST AMENDMENT ZONE."
    Hesiod // 3/19/2004 072004 PM All original material published on this site is copyrighted by the author. Back to the top. (Hesiod hangs his head in shame).
    http://www.counterspin.blogspot.com/2004_03_14_counterspin_archive.html
    Counterspin Central
    Sunday, March 14, 2004:
    SIERRA MIFFED: The new Spanish Prime Minister sounds an awful lot like.....Howard Dean!
    I sense some kind of a trend here.
    Oh, and Colin...I if you still want John Kerry to name a "world leader" who wants him to beat Bush in the election, click on the link above.
    Hesiod // 3/14/2004 11:10:49 PM
    postCount('107932402986321104');
    postCountTB('107932402986321104');
    Back to the post index.
    ... main
    THE PAIN IN SPAIN: Falls mainly on Bush's Popular Party allies. Anzar's party is getting creamed
    It's bad for one's political health to be closely associated with the "miserable failure" in the White House.
    UPDATE: The exit polls in Spain were mixed , but the actual results went the Socialists way . They picked up about 40 seats in the parliament, while Anzar's party dropped 40.
    Link via Atrios
    Reaction from warfloggers: Glenn Reynolds Terrorists have succeeded in toppling the Spanish Government Hmmm...you mean the Spanish voters are now "terrorists?" Who'd of thunk it? Does this mean Spain is now part of the axis of evil? Why does Glenn hate democracy? But, what if the attacks had been carried out by ETA instead of (as it now appears ) Al Qaeda? And, the Spaniards voted Anzar's party back into power with big majorities? Would he have posted a headline that read: "

    28. Structure Of Hesiod's Theogony
    The Structure of Hesiod s Theogony. A glossary containing many of the names featured here is available from Mythtext. Proemium Hymn
    http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~jfarrell/courses/spring96/myth/structure.html
    The Structure of Hesiod's Theogony
    A glossary containing many of the names featured here is available from Mythtext
      Proemium: Hymn to the Muses of Helicon (1 - 104)
  • Chaos and The First Gods (105 - 122)
    • Chaos: "Chasm" (116)
    • Gaia or Gaea : "Earth"
    • Tartaros or Tartarus
    • Eros: "Love"
    • Erebos or Erebus: "Gloom"
    • Nyx: "Night"
  • The Second Generation: Children of the First Gods
    • Children of Night
      • (fathered by Erebos
        Aither or Ether: "Brightness"
        Hemere or Hemera: "Day"
      • (produced asexually:
    • Children of Gaia
    • First Brood (produced asexually)
        Ouranos or Uranus : "Sky"
        Mountains (129)
        Pontos or Pontus: "Sea"
    • Second Brood (Children of Gaia and Ouranos
      • The Titans
        Okeanos
        or Oceanus : "Ocean"
        Koios or Coeus
        Kreios or Crius
        Hyperion

        Iapetos or Iapetus
        Theia or Thea: "Goddess" Rheia or Rhea Themis: "Custom" Mnemosyne: "Memory" Phoibe or Phoebe Tethys Kronos or Cronus
      • The Kyklopes Brontes: "Thunder" Steropes: "Lightning" Arges: "Flash"
      • The Hekatonkheires or Hecatonchires: "Hundred-Handers" Kottos or Cottus Briareos or Briareus Gyges
    • Third Brood, born through the Castration of Ouranos
      • from the Drops of Blood that Fell from Ouranos' Genitals onto Gaia
          Erinyes: "Furies" Gigantes: "Giants" Ash Tree Nymphs
      • from Ouranos' Genitals when they Fell into Pontos
          Aphrodite
      • Fourth Brood, Children of Gaia
  • 29. Hesiod - Short Biography Of The Second Great Greek Epic Poet, Hesiod
    Hesiod. Profile. I am your Guide, From NS Gill, Your Guide to Ancient / Classical History. Homer and Hesiod are the first names in Greek literature.
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    30. Hesiod Texts
    Ancient / Classical History Hesiod. Texts. Related Resources. • Texts and Translations Index. Hesiod Theogony Hesiod Works and Days Hesiod Shield of Heracles.
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    31. Hesiod --  Encyclopædia Britannica
    Hesiod Encyclopædia Britannica Article. flourished c. 700 BC Hesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier, Ger.
    http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?eu=41142

    32. Hesiod --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
    Hesiod Britannica Student Encyclopedia. Except for the works of Homer, the epics of Hesiod are the earliest Greek writings to come down to the present.
    http://www.britannica.com/ebi/article?eu=296785&query=hesiod&ct=ebi

    33. Hesiod (ca. 700 BC) -- From Eric Weisstein's World Of Scientific Biography
    Hesiod (ca. 700 BC), Greek Theogeny. Hesiod s explanations of how the gods came about was probably derived from Near Eastern (Babylonian) lore.
    http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Hesiod.html
    Branch of Science Philosophers Nationality Greek
    Hesiod (ca. 700 BC)

    Greek philosopher who described his cosmology and cosmogony in the Theogeny . Hesiod's explanations of how the gods came about was probably derived from Near Eastern (Babylonian) lore. He created a family tree of gods in which Chaos (the yawning gap) produced Erebus (the Abyss) and Night, who produced Aether and Day. At the same time, Earth produced the Heavens, Mountains, and Sea. The Heavens and Earth then produced Cronos. He also divided the universe into Heaven, Aether, Earth, Erebus, Tartarus, and surrounded it by the Ocean. The difference in levels between Earth and Heaven was called Chaos.

    34. HESIOD'S THEOGONY AND COSMOGONY
    Hesiod S THEOGONY AND COSMOGONY. ( Theogony, 116210). Translation by Norman 0. Brown, in his Hesiod s Theogony (New York Liberal Arts Press, 1953), pp,56-9
    http://alexm.here.ru/mirrors/www.enteract.com/jwalz/Eliade/059.html
    HESIOD'S THEOGONY AND COSMOGONY
    Theogony, The main themes of Hesiod's 'Theogony' are (1) the coming into being of Chaos (the Void), Earth, Eros, Sky and the first generation of gods (lines 116-53); (2) the castration of Sky by his son Cronus, instigated by his mother Earth (lines 154-210); (3) Zeus' escape from being swallowed by his father Cronus (lines 453-500); (4) the victorious battle of Zeus and the Olympian gods against the Titans (lines 617-735). Only the first two episodes are printed below. It is impossible to determine Hesiod's date, but he is later than Homer, probably eighth century B.C. The similarities to and differences from the Ancient Near East cosmogonies are discussed by Norman 0. Brown in the introduction to his translation, 'Hesiod's Theogony,' PP. 36 ff.
    Earth also gave birth to the violent Cyclopes-Thunderer, Lightner, and bold Flash-who made and gave to Zeus the thunder and the lightning bolt. They were like the gods in all respects except that a single eye stood in the middle of their foreheads, and their strength and power and skill were in their hands.
    There were also born to Earth and Sky three more children, big, strong, and horrible, Cottus and Briareus and Gyes. This unruly brood had a hundred monstrous hands sprouting from their shoulders, and fifty heads on top of their shoulders growing from their sturdy bodies. They had monstrous strength to match their huge size.

    35. Hesiodos
    Translate this page Hesiodos (ca. 700 vuZ). Der griechische Dichter Hesiodos (dt. Hesiod) stammte aus Kyme (Kleinasien) und siedelte nach Askra (Boiotien) über.
    http://www.mythologica.de/hesiod.htm
    Stichworte
    Bakchos - Brontes

    Chaos - Chrysothemis

    Daidalos - Dryope

    Echidna - Euterpe
    ...
    Zagreus - Zyklopen
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    Hesiodos (ca. 700 v. u. Z.)
    Der griechische Hesiodos wirkte als Rhapsode und hatte einen Preos in Chalkis (Euboia) bekommen. homer ischen Heldenepen. Die Theogonia Mythos Musen auf dem Helikon. Das Werk berichtet von der Weltentstehung aus dem Chaos: Gaia , dann Eros Erebos und Nyx Pontos Mit dem Erscheinen von Uranos Aus der Vereinigung von Gaia und Uranos entstehen die verschiedenen Kronos Giganten und die Erinnyen geboren. Sein sich ins Meer entladender Samen produziert einen Schaum, dem Aphrodite entsteigt. Aber auch der mit der Schwester Rheia Zeus Werke und Tage powered by Uwe Wiedemann

    36. Hesiod (bet. 1000 And 700 B.C.)
    Hesiod (bet. 1000 and 700 BC). Hesiod from Ascra was a famous poet in ancient Greece, living somewhen between 1000 and 700 BC His
    http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/Bios/hesiod.html
    Hesiod (bet. 1000 and 700 B.C.)
    Hesiod from Ascra was a famous poet in ancient Greece, living somewhen between 1000 and 700 B.C. His mentioning of the Pleiades and the Hyades is the first known documents related to these two open star clusters in Taurus. Hesiod is commemorated by the naming of Moon Crater Hesiodus (29.4S, 16.3W, 42.0, named 1935), Mercury crater Hesiod (58.5S, 35.0W, 107.0 km, in 1976) as well as asteroid (8550) Hesiodos (discovered August 12, 1994 on La Silla by E.W. Elst, provisionally designated 1994 PV24, as well as 1979 WB6 and 1987 YB4 from pre-discovery sightings). Links
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    37. Hesiod Is Skeptical Of Passages In Woodward's Book: Archive Entry From Brad DeLo
    Hesiod Is Skeptical of Passages in Woodward s Book. Hesiod is skeptical of certain passages in Bob Woodward s book, Plan of Attack I concur with Hesiod.
    http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2004_archives/000820.html
    Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal (2004)
    Main
    May 13, 2004
    Hesiod Is Skeptical of Passages in Woodward's Book
    Hesiod is skeptical of certain passages in Bob Woodward's book, Plan of Attack Counterspin Central: The unofficial "FIRST AMENDMENT ZONE." : WANNA BUY THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE? I laughed out loud when I read this: With some fanfare, McLaughlin stepped up to brief with a series of flip charts. This was the rough cut, he indicated, still highly classified and not cleared for public release. The CIA wanted to reserve on what would be revealed to protect sources and detection methods if there was no military conflict. When McLaughlin concluded, there was a look on the president's face of, What's this? And then a brief moment of silence. "Nice try," Bush said. "I don't think this is quite it's not something that Joe Public would understand or would gain a lot of confidence from." Card was also underwhelmed. The presentation was a flop. In terms of marketing, the examples didn't work, the charts didn't work, the photos were not gripping, the intercepts were less than compelling. Bush turned to Tenet. "I've been told all this intelligence about having WMD and this is the best we've got?"

    38. Search.cpan.org: Net::Hesiod - Perl Interface To Hesiod Library API
    MSN Encarta Hesiod Hesiod. Hesiod (lived 8th century bc), Greek poet, who occupies a unique place in Greek literature both for his moral precepts and for his highly personal
    http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Net::Hesiod

    39. Hesiod, The Homeric Hymns And Homerica: Works And Days
    Hesiod. WORKS AND DAYS. (832 lines) Original Text in Greek. (ll. (4) Eustathius refers to Hesiod as stating that men sprung `from oaks and stones and ashtrees .
    http://www.kat.gr/kat/history/Txt/Cl/WorksDays.htm
    Hesiod
    WORKS AND DAYS
    (832 lines) - Original Text in Greek (ll. 1-10)
    Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come
    hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise. Through
    him mortal men are famed or un-famed, sung or unsung alike, as
    great Zeus wills. For easily he makes strong, and easily he
    brings the strong man low; easily he humbles the proud and raises
    the obscure, and easily he straightens the crooked and blasts the
    proud, Zeus who thunders aloft and has his dwelling most high.
    Attend thou with eye and ear, and make judgements straight with
    righteousness. And I, Perses, would tell of true things.
    (ll. 11-24) So, after all, there was not one kind of Strife alone, but all over the earth there are two. As for the one, a man would praise her when he came to understand her; but the other is blameworthy: and they are wholly different in nature. For one fosters evil war and battle, being cruel: her no man loves; but perforce, through the will of the deathless gods, men

    40. Hesiod
    Hesiod. Hesiod, fl. c. 700 BC Greek HesiodOS describing peasant life. Life. Not a great deal is known about the details of Hesiod s life. He was
    http://www.kat.gr/kat/history/Greek/Tc/Hesiod.htm
    Hesiod
    Hesiod, fl. c. 700 BC Greek HESIODOS, Latin HESIODUS one of the earliest Greek poets, often called the "father of Greek didactic poetry." Two of his complete epics have survived, the Theogony , relating the myths of the gods, and the Works and Days , describing peasant life.
    Life
    Not a great deal is known about the details of Hesiod's life. He was a native of Boeotia, a district of central Greece to which his father had migrated from Cyme in Asia Minor. Hesiod may at first have been a rhapsodist (a professional reciter of poetry), learning the technique and vocabulary of the epic by memorizing and reciting heroic songs. He himself attributes his poetic gifts to the Muses, who appeared to him while he was tending his sheep; giving him a poet's staff and endowing him with a poet's voice, they bade him "sing of the race of the blessed gods immortal." That his epics won renown during his lifetime is shown by his participation in the contest of songs at the funeral games of Amphidamas at Chalcis on the island of Euboea. This, he says, was the only occasion on which he crossed the sea, but it is not likely to have been the only invitation he received from places other than his hometown of Ascra, near Mount Helicon.
    Genuine works
    Hesiod's authorship of the Theogony has been questioned but is no longer doubted, though the work does include sections inserted by later poets and rhapsodists. The story of Typhoeus' rebellion against Zeus was almost certainly added by someone else, while the somewhat overlapping accounts of Tartarus, the hymn on Hecate, and the progeny of the sea monster Keto are highly suspect. The discovery of a Hurrian theogony similar to Hesiod's seems to indicate that Hesiod's theogony owes significant episodes to Middle Eastern models. Nonetheless, the Uranus-Cronus-Zeus succession as told by Hesiod approximates the pattern of a classical Greek tragic trilogy. Thus, the Erinyes (the deities of vengeance) are born when Uranus is overthrown by Cronus, while their own hour for action comes when Cronus is about to be overthrown by Zeus. These and other similar features plausibly represent Hesiod's own contributions to the inherited story.

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