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ˈhi si əd, ˈhɛs i-hes·iod
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Princeton's WordNet
Hesiodnoun
Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)
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Hesiodnoun
An ancient Greek poet and a rhapsodist.
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hesiod
Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet and is often considered one of the earliest known poets in Western literature. He is thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC and is often regarded as an economic thinker due to his explorations of agriculture, trade, and social issues in his poems. His two most complete surviving works are "Theogony," a mythological exploration of the genealogy of the gods, and "Works and Days," a didactic poem offering moral and practical advice on farming, the nature of work, and personal conduct. He is often contrasted with Homer, another early Greek poet, for his didactic style and subject matter.
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Hesiod
Hesiod was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him 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.
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Hesiod
one of the earliest Greek poets, born in Boeotia, lived in the 8th century B.C., chiefly at Orchomenos, probably of humble birth; of the works ascribed to him the principal were the "Works and Days" the "Theogony," and the "Shield of Hercules"; his poems treat of the quiet pursuits of ordinary life, the origin of the world, the gods and heroes, while those of Homer are occupied with the restless and active enterprises of the heroic age.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hesiod in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hesiod in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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