Works and Days, Hesiod
Works and Days, Hesiod
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Works and Days

Author: Hesiod

Narrator: Victor Craig

Unabridged: 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Yashiki Audio

Published: 01/27/2020


Synopsis

‘The Works and Days’ is a didactic poem of some 800 lines composed by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod. The poem deals with daily life and work, interwoven with allegory, fable and personal history. It also serves as a farmer's almanac, through which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts, and as a compendium of advice for life as a farmer. As such it opens a window on archaic Greek society, ethics, and superstition. ‘The Works and Days’ contains two mythological etiologies for the pain and trouble of the human condition, the earliest versions of the tale of Prometheus and Pandora, and of the Ages of Man.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Buck on August 09, 2023

"Perses! Hey, good morning, little bro! It's 3pm! Here, check it out, I got some advice here for you, in the form of a poem. 1.) Wise is the man who gets his ass up off the couch and gets a fucking job already PERSES. 2.) Plant at this time, plow at this time, early to bed, early to rise, makes a man......more

Goodreads review by Jola on September 11, 2022

One of the most peculiar books I have ever read. Basically, it is a long didactic poem with a plethora of practical tips Hesiod wrote for his brother, Perses. A hodgepodge of philosophy, mythology and everyday life, from motivational aphorisms to agricultural lifehacks. I admire A. E. Stallings' effo......more

Goodreads review by V&C on July 23, 2021

El escrito se compone de géneros poéticos a través de la tradición oral griega recogidos e incorporados del mundo Persa. Incluye calendarios, consejos, instrucciones y proverbios entre los que cabe destacar los relacionados con las cinco Edades del Hombre sobre la tierra. Es una obra muy interesante......more

Goodreads review by Το on February 24, 2020

There is something fundamentally universal in the ethical values given by Hesiod when he describes the relationship between man and woman. There has to be trust, dedication, a willingness to work and meet basic living needs, faith and prudence, and all these make the Hesiodian recipe for a successfu......more

Goodreads review by Simone on February 17, 2021

Hesíodo usa os mitos de Prometeu, Pandora e das 5 raças para falar da origem do homem, origem dos males e as necessidades do trabalho e da justiça.......more