Hesiod

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Hesiod was an early ancient Greek poet, often considered a founder of Greek didactic poetry, known for works such as the Theogony and Works and Days that shaped Greek mythology and moral thought.

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Surface form Occurrences
Hesiod of Ascra 1
Works and Days by Hesiod 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek poet
didactic poet
mythographer
associatedWithPlace Locris
surface form: Ascra

Boeotia
Mount Helicon
comparedWith Homer
contemporaryOf Homer
countryOfOrigin Greek Antiquity
surface form: Ancient Greece
describedAs founder of Greek didactic poetry
fieldOfWork agricultural instruction
ethics
mythology
floruit 7th century BC
8th century BC
genre didactic poetry
epic poetry
hasTheme Pandora myth
ages of man
divine justice
human-divine relations
proper work and farming
influenced Aeschylus
Euripides
Greek cosmology
Greek didactic literature
Greek moral thought
Greek religion
Pindar
Plato
Roman poets
Sophocles
languageOfWork Ancient Greek
nativeLanguage Ancient Greek
notableWork Catalogue of Women
Shield of Heracles
Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Theogony

Hesiod's Works and Days
surface form: Works and Days
occupation poet
sourceFor Greek cosmogony
Hesiod's Theogony
surface form: Greek theogony

early Greek ethics
tradition Greek mythology
workFocus genealogy of the gods
human suffering and toil
justice and hard work
origins of the cosmos

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Prometheus appearsIn Hesiod
this entity surface form: Works and Days by Hesiod
Pandora associatedWith Hesiod
subject surface form: Works and Days
this entity surface form: Hesiod of Ascra
Chaos attributedToAuthor Hesiod
Hesiod's Theogony author Hesiod
subject surface form: Works and Days
Leto authorMentionedBy Hesiod
Nyx authorMentionedBy Hesiod
Meliae authorOfSource Hesiod
Uranus authorOfSource Hesiod
Works of Hesiod creator Hesiod
Ourea describedBy Hesiod
Titanomachy describedBy Hesiod
the Muses invokedBy Hesiod
Asia mentionedBy Hesiod
Coeus mentionedBy Hesiod
Crius mentionedBy Hesiod
Doris mentionedBy Hesiod
Menoetius mentionedBy Hesiod
Pontus mentionedBy Hesiod
Oceanids sourceAuthor Hesiod
Titans sourceAuthor Hesiod
Oceanus sourceWorkAuthor Hesiod