Download or read book Plato and Hesiod written by G. R. Boys-Stones and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays exploring the relationship between Plato and the poet Hesiod. The volume covers a wide variety of thematic angles, brings new and sometimes surprising light to a large range of Platonic dialogues, and represents a major contribution to the study of the reception of archaic poetry in Athens.