Hesiod
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: poetry
country of citizenship: Cyme
native language: Ancient Greek
languages spoken, written or signed: Ancient Greek
occupation: poet, writer, rhapsode, mythographer
Hesiod ( HEE-see-əd or HEH-see-əd; Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded by Western authors as 'the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject.' Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, Archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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