Hesiod's Works and Days. Translated by Christopher Kelk. Adored persuasion and the Graces young, her slender limbs with golden jewels hung.

A cosmological work describing the origins and genealogy of the gods, Works and Days, on the subjects of farming, morality and country life.

Come hither, tell of Zeus your father and chant his praise. Through him mortal men are famed or unfamed, sung or unsung alike, as great Zeus wills.

Full is the earth of evils, full is the sea. ; Diseases for humans are a day-to-day thing. Every night, ; they wander about at random, bringing evils upon mortals.

The Works and Days, a compendium of moral and practical instruction for a life of honest husbandry, throws a unique and fascinating light on archaic Greek.

Hesiod: Works and Days translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. [1914]. (ll. 1-10) Muses of Pieria who give glory through song, come hither, tell of Zeus your.

PANDORA: HESIOD, WORKS AND DAYS 53-105. translation copyright 1995 Bruce MacLennan. Then Zeus who gathers clouds addressed him angrily, “You, Iapetos' Son [1] ...

Hesiod. The Homeric Hymns and Homerica with an English Translation by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Works and Days. Cambridge, MA.,Harvard University Press; London ...

A new, English translation of Hesiod's Works and Days, written by the ancient Greek poet around 700 BC. Download options.

Excerpt from pages 3-11 of Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns translated by Daryl Hine, published by the University of Chicago Press.