Hesiod

[ hee-see-uhd, hes-ee- ]

noun

1. fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.

Hesiod

/ ˈhɛsɪˌɒd /

noun

1. Hesiod8th century bc8th century bcMGreekWRITING: poet 8th century bc , Greek poet and the earliest author of didactic verse. His two complete extant works are the Works and Days, dealing with the agricultural seasons, and the Theogony , concerning the origin of the world and the genealogies of the gods

Derived Forms

• ˌHesiˈodic, adjective

Other Words From

• He·si·od·ic [hee-see-, od, -ik, hes-ee-], adjective

Example Sentences

Scattered references in Greek and Roman works by Hesiod, Apollodorus and Ovid described her death at the hands of the hero Perseus, but also hinted at a fuller life.

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But that morning, I found I could not look away from the creature described in Hesiod’s “Theogony” as breathing “invincible fire, terrible and huge, swift-footed and powerful.”

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“Three were her heads,” Hesiod tells us, “one of a lion of flashing eyes, another of a she-goat and another of a snake, a mighty dragon.”

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For guidance he instead turned to classical texts like “Work and Days,” a collection of instructions by the Greek poet Hesiod to his younger brother about running his estate.

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Hesiod recommended letting newly picked grapes rest in the shade for up to three days, and Mr. Thackrey followed suit — even though most enologists would shrink at the risk of bacterial infection.

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