Hesiodic voices studies in the ancient reception of Hesiod's Works and Days /

Hunter, R. L.

Hesiodic voices studies in the ancient reception of Hesiod's Works and Days / Richard Hunter. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, (c)2014. - 1 online resource (348 pages) - Cambridge Classical Studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Cover; Half title; Seriespage; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Reading Hesiod; Hesiod and the Hesiodic; Hesiodic voices; Chapter 2 A didactic poem?; Learning from Hesiod; The poet's knowledge; Poetry and prose; Useful maxims; Didactic intentions; The Phainomena of Aratus; A moral poem?182; Chapter 3 Hesiod and the symposium; Hesiodic authority; In the summertime; Hesiod's women; Chapter 4 Plutarch's Works and Days, and Proclus', and Hesiod's; Finding Plutarch; A clean life; Teaching morality; 'No work is a disgrace'; To Hesiod through Aratus Chapter 5 Aesop and HesiodHesiod and Babrius; Hesiod and fable; The Life of Aesop; Chapter 6 Hesiod's style; Classifying Hesiod; Callimachus on Aratus, Hesiod and Homer; The Contest of Homer and Hesiod; Works cited; Index of passages discussed; General index

Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.



9781107732193 9781107724075


Hesiod --
Plutarch.


Greek literature--History and criticism.


Electronic Books.

PA4011 / .H475 2014