Notes on the Works and Days of HesiodUniversity of Chicago, 1918 - 226 pages |
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... represented in Theogony 22-3 as having been a shepherd - boy at the foot of Helicon , where the Muses inspired him with the gift of song , while in Works 654-62 he appears as a professional bard . But the main fact in the life of Hesiod ...
... represented in Theogony 22-3 as having been a shepherd - boy at the foot of Helicon , where the Muses inspired him with the gift of song , while in Works 654-62 he appears as a professional bard . But the main fact in the life of Hesiod ...
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... represented by most of Homer , and the Homeric Hymns , and the first 56 lines of the Shield , which is supposed to represent the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women . The principal episodes ( the Titanomachy and Zeus - Typhoeus conflict ) are ...
... represented by most of Homer , and the Homeric Hymns , and the first 56 lines of the Shield , which is supposed to represent the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women . The principal episodes ( the Titanomachy and Zeus - Typhoeus conflict ) are ...
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... 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 , and while a large part of it is concerned with the difficulty that arose over the ...
... 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 , and while a large part of it is concerned with the difficulty that arose over the ...
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... represents the princes who regard not the law of Zeus ( 276/9 ) . The myths and fable concluded , the poet returns to Perses ( 213 ) and urges him to hearken to justice and lay aside his insolent pride , which will bring him to ruionous ...
... represents the princes who regard not the law of Zeus ( 276/9 ) . The myths and fable concluded , the poet returns to Perses ( 213 ) and urges him to hearken to justice and lay aside his insolent pride , which will bring him to ruionous ...
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... represents a different spirit and used a differ- ent kind of material in his poems , he adopted the metrical form , dialect and to a large extent the vocabulary of the Ionic epic . A few verses have been borrowed entire , while others ...
... represents a different spirit and used a differ- ent kind of material in his poems , he adopted the metrical form , dialect and to a large extent the vocabulary of the Ionic epic . A few verses have been borrowed entire , while others ...
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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.