Works and Days

Works and Days
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 112
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ISBN-10 : 9780141970660
ISBN-13 : 0141970669
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Book Synopsis Works and Days by : Hesiod

Download or read book Works and Days written by Hesiod and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Stallings's new translation of Hesiod's Works and Days - witty, gritty, and unsettlingly relevant - is not to be missed' TLS, Books of the Year A new verse translation of one of the foundational ancient Greek works by the award-winning poet Alicia Stallings. Hesiod was the first self-styled 'poet' in western literature, revered by the ancient Greeks. Ostensibly written to chide and educate his lazy brother, Works and Days tells the story of Pandora's jar and humanity's place in a fallen world. Blending the cosmic and the earthy, and mixing myth, lyrical description, personal asides, astronomy, proverbs and down-to-earth advice on rural tasks and rituals, it is also a hymn to honest toil as man's salvation. This vibrant new verse translation by award-winning poet A. E. Stallings conveys the clarity and unexpected humour of a founding work of classical literature.


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