NOTES ON THE WORKS

AND DAYS OF HESIOD

WITH INTRODUCTION AND APPENDIX

A DISSERTATION

SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY
OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND LITERATURE

IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE OF

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

DEPARTMENT OF GREEK

BY

HEBER MICHEL HAYS

Private Edition, Distributed By
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LIBRARIES

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

1918

The Collegiate Prms GEORGE BANTA PUBLISHING COMPANY

MENASHA, WISCONSIN

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PREFACE

In the following dissertation no dogmatism has been attempted where certainty is impossible, but it has generally been assumed that the Works and Days is the only genuine work of Hesiod, and that a very considerable part of it is due to his genius, whatever his sources. It has also been taken for granted that Hesiod was influenced by the Ionic Epic, and was somewhat later than Homer.

Acknowledgement is due to Professor Paul Shorey of the University of Chicago, at whose suggestion the work was undertaken, to Professors W. G. Hale, C. D. Buck, and H. W. Prescott, also of the University of Chicago, to Professor M. W. Humphreys of the University of Virginia, under whom the author first read the Works and Days, and to Professor W. G. Manly of the University of Missouri for the use of his private library.

H. M. HAYS.