Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Hesiod; Theognis

 
9780140442830: Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies (Penguin Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140442839 ISBN 13: 9780140442830
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1973

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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Hesiod is an early Greek poet, whose work gives an insight into the creation myths of Greek society.

Theognis, writing c.525 bce, was an aristocrat.


Dorothea Wender is a well-know translator.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
1973
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140442839
ISBN 13 
9780140442830
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Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
176
Herausgeber
Wender Dorothea
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