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Onderdeel van de uitgeversreeks(en)BevatJumalten synty door Hesiod (indirect) Werken en dagen. De wedstrijd tussen Homeros en Hesiodos door Hesiod (indirect)
Together the poetry of Hesiod and Theognis offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's Theogoney (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth- an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's Works and Days, written to advise his indolent brother Perseus, is an intriguing, sophisticated combination of ethical maxims, social and political comment and superstitious law. Elegiac rather than epic, the works of Theognis - written some two centuries after Hesiod - include theological speculations, love lyrics and moral advice for his protégé Kurnos, reflecting the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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In the Introduction to this translation, Dorothea Wender makes the argument that the Hesiod who wrote 'Works and Days' is an altogether different person than the writer of 'Theogony' -- a soaring poem about the creation of the gods and the ascendancy of Zeus. As a recreational reader of the classics, it is easy to accept her arguments given the difference between the texts, although there are many scholars who disagree and propose the same 'Hesiod' wrote both.
Authorship aside, the most compelling aspect of 'Theogony' and 'Works and Days' is, to me, the virtual, mental teleportation to ancient Greece. Thought to be contemporary with the Iliad and the Odyssey, the works of Hesiod (or 'Hesiods', as the case may be) are some of only a few literary threads we have from the 8th-7th century BCE Greek world.