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Hesiod: Volume I, Theogony. Works and Days. Testimonia (Loeb Classical Library No. 57N) (v. 1)

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This is one of the 'newer' Loebs, with a very decent translation and some notes on textual variants. Like most Loebs, it has no extended apparatus criticus or commentary. A major bonus in this edition is the Testimonia section, with quotations from later ancient sources who reference Hesiod or his work. This product pales in comparison to the extensive ML West text and commentary (Oxford) but is a good starter edition.

This is a review of Hesiod's works (Theogony, Works & Days, and Testimonia), Loeb edition #57.

This book contains Theogony, Works & Days, and Testimonia. What set this edition apart is the Testimonia. Testimonia contains 157 cross references and references of Hesiod's life and works found in other authors. Includes both his contemporary and others writers in the Roman worlds (Ovid, Cicero, etc). Excellent source of references on Hesiod. I dont believe other editions of Hesiod's works include this.

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To fully understand other classics you need this and other books written during the period. People haven't changed, just the technological environment in which they work. Like scientists who study weather on other planets to understand our own, this book and it's other volumes, present a view of human behavior with a clear spoken narrative and without the filter of our propagandized times and our emotional bagage.