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Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield (Paperback)

by Apostolos N. Athanassakis (Translator), Hesiod (Author) "There is no agreement among modern scholars as to Hesiod's exact date..." (more)
Key Phrases: barren sea, deathless gods, older gods, Homeric Hymn, Orphic Hymn, Shield of Achilleus (more...)

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"Athanassakis's notes are informative and interesting, full of cross references to the ancient sources and comparisons to Biblical, Norse, and other sources. His anthropological interest includes and indeed highlights modern Greece... I found his translation of epithets refreshing and intriguing." -- Allan Wooley, New England Classical Newsletter, reviewing a previous edition or volume --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"The translations in themselves have the pleasing flow, sound, rhythm, and idiom of good English poetry even though... they follow the original Greek text line by line and adhere closely to its literal meaning." -- Choice

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Paperback: 184 pages
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press (October 1, 1983)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0801829992
ISBN-13: 978-0801829994
Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #755,607 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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There is no agreement among modern scholars as to Hesiod's exact date. Read the first page

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barren sea, deathless gods, older gods, golden race

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Homeric Hymn, Orphic Hymn, Shield of Achilleus, Near Eastern, Shield of Herakles, Ash Tree Nymphs, Catalogue of Women, Hesiodic Theogony, Death Demons, Mount Aigaion, Olympian Zeus, Pallas Athena

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The Homeric Hymns by Homer on page 46, and page 59
Python: A Study of Delphic Myth and Its Origins by Joseph Fontenrose in Back Matter
Hesiod and the Language of Poetry by Professor Pietro Pucci in Back Matter

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This review is from: Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield (Paperback)

There are many editions of Hesiod's (c. 700 BC) works, but I find this one by Prof. Apostolos Athanassakis the best. While I can't comment on the translation, the introduction to Hesiod, the introduction to the individual works, the extensive notes as well as the size of the type and the margins make it the most useful. For example, the notes not only explain the text, but discuss parallel ideas from the Bible, literature from other ancient cultures, and even remnants in contemporary Greek folk lore.

This edition also contains The Shield, a poem no longer considered by Hesiod and probably dated a 100 or so years later than Hesiod's poems.

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