Hesiod was the greatest archaic poet after Homer: this book explores his influence on Greek literature and culture.
This volume analyzes the narrative structure of the Theogony to support the argument that this poem is a didactic poem explaining the position of man in the divine universe.
... of Herakles ) poets still sang as Hesiod and the corpus could still be expanded , we find the first interactions of the distinctive Hesiodic voice with other poetic voices and the first critiques of Hesiodic ideas and formulations .
Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days. Cambridge. Hutchinson, G. O. (2001). Greek Lyric Poetry: A Commentary on Selected Larger Pieces: Alcman, Stesichorus, Sappho, Alcaeus, Ibycus, Anacreon, ...
Fantuzzi, M., and R. L. Hunter. 2004. Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry. Cambridge. Ford, A. 2010. “Plato's two Hesiods.” In Plato and Hesiod, edited by G. R. Boys-Stones and J. H. Haubold, 133–56. Oxford. Fowler, A. 2003.
Placing homer -- Homer and the divine -- The golden verses -- Homer among the scholars -- The pleasures of song
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“Work, Justice, and Hesiod's Five Ages. ... “The Hittite Version of the Hurrian Kumarbi Myths: Oriental Forerunners of Hesiod (Plates III). ... Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days.
... Hesiod's Five Ages.” Classical Philology 69 (1974): 1–16. Forbes, P. B. R. “Hesiod Versus Perses.” Classical Review ... Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge ...
... Hunter 2014, Hesiodic Voices, and Van Noorden 2014, Playing Hesiod), and the emerging wealth of commentaries on the Hesiodic poems (Ercolani's substantial 2010 commentary on the Works and Days in Italian, and the 'green and yellow' ...
"Robert Lamberton's Introduction is an excellent, concise exposition of current scholarly debate: his notes are informative and helpful.