Notes on the Works and Days of HesiodUniversity of Chicago, 1918 - 226 pages |
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... renders : And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon , and this word first the goddesses said to me : Nowhere in the Works and Days does the author show any particular interest in ...
... renders : And one day they taught Hesiod glorious song while he was shepherding his lambs under holy Helicon , and this word first the goddesses said to me : Nowhere in the Works and Days does the author show any particular interest in ...
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... render perverse deci- sions ( 27-41 ) . Next the myth of Prometheus and Pandora is told to show how labor became necessary . Men had originally lived in a state of godlike ease without toil and evils , and such might still be their ...
... render perverse deci- sions ( 27-41 ) . Next the myth of Prometheus and Pandora is told to show how labor became necessary . Men had originally lived in a state of godlike ease without toil and evils , and such might still be their ...
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... render fair decisions and altogether forget per- verse judgments . The following passage ( 265-273 ) presents difficulties , but it seems best to take it as some concluding remarks to the princes . Just as Perses was told ( 217-18 ) ...
... render fair decisions and altogether forget per- verse judgments . The following passage ( 265-273 ) presents difficulties , but it seems best to take it as some concluding remarks to the princes . Just as Perses was told ( 217-18 ) ...
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... render the expression concrete , as Hesiod always prefers . They bring out the idea so that it cannot fail to be understood and appreciated . Take for example γείτοσι xápμara ( 701 ) : while in a way a euphemism , it makes a deeper ...
... render the expression concrete , as Hesiod always prefers . They bring out the idea so that it cannot fail to be understood and appreciated . Take for example γείτοσι xápμara ( 701 ) : while in a way a euphemism , it makes a deeper ...
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... renders it , facilis visu audituve . It is used of flashes of lightning ( Il . XIII 244 ) and of the beams of a star ( II . XXII 27 ) ; and again of the sound of a trumpet and the voice of a man 72 NOTES ON THE WORKS AND DAYS OF HESIOD.
... renders it , facilis visu audituve . It is used of flashes of lightning ( Il . XIII 244 ) and of the beams of a star ( II . XXII 27 ) ; and again of the sound of a trumpet and the voice of a man 72 NOTES ON THE WORKS AND DAYS OF HESIOD.
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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.
Page 124 - audivi, milites, eum primum esse virum qui ipse consulat quid in rem sit, secundum eum qui bene monenti oboediat; qui nee ipse consulere nee 9 alteri parere sciat, eum extremi ingenii esse.
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.