Notes on the Works and Days of HesiodUniversity of Chicago, 1918 - 226 pages |
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... appears as a professional bard . But the main fact in the life of Hesiod and the one which is prominent in the Works and Days is the difficulty which arose between him and his brother Perses with reference to the division of their ...
... appears as a professional bard . But the main fact in the life of Hesiod and the one which is prominent in the Works and Days is the difficulty which arose between him and his brother Perses with reference to the division of their ...
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... appears as a Homeric hero with shield and spear , whereas about this time he begins to be represented with club and lion's skin.10 9 III . Analysis of the Works and Days : The Works and Days is addressed to the poet's brother Perses ...
... appears as a Homeric hero with shield and spear , whereas about this time he begins to be represented with club and lion's skin.10 9 III . Analysis of the Works and Days : The Works and Days is addressed to the poet's brother Perses ...
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... appears from 394-404 as well as from the address to Perses in 611 and the personal references in 633-642 , is to instruct the poverty- stricken , debt - encumbered brother ( 404 and 647 ) how to attain that success which will give him ...
... appears from 394-404 as well as from the address to Perses in 611 and the personal references in 633-642 , is to instruct the poverty- stricken , debt - encumbered brother ( 404 and 647 ) how to attain that success which will give him ...
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... appears as the harbinger of spring , and then is the time to prune the vines ( 568-70 ) . But when the snail climbs the plants ( vines ) trying to escape the Pleiades , then get ready for the harvest and go at it early and push the work ...
... appears as the harbinger of spring , and then is the time to prune the vines ( 568-70 ) . But when the snail climbs the plants ( vines ) trying to escape the Pleiades , then get ready for the harvest and go at it early and push the work ...
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... appears outside of proverbs . Sometimes obscurity is the result.30 In general however , as stated above , brevity is ... appear chiefly accidental , and there is nothing of the formular character in them . Repetitions of hemistichs is ...
... appears outside of proverbs . Sometimes obscurity is the result.30 In general however , as stated above , brevity is ... appear chiefly accidental , and there is nothing of the formular character in them . Repetitions of hemistichs is ...
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Page 183 - The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel, But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Page 177 - But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Page 121 - The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
Page 116 - But mercy is above this sceptred sway, — It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew, Though justice be thy plea, consider this, — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation : we do pray for mercy ; VOL.
Page 119 - Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity : wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and boldest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he...
Page 92 - This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
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Page 130 - Cum autem duobus modis, id est aut vi aut fraude, fiat iniuria, fraus quasi vulpeculae, vis leonis videtur; utrumque homine alienissimum, sed fraus odio digna maiore.
Page 154 - My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest.
Page 99 - Kronos create upon the bounteous earth, a juster race and better, a godlike race of hero men who are called demigods, the earlier race upon the boundless earth.