Works and Days
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title:
Works and Days
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Works and Days is a didactic poem written by ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. It is in dactylic hexameter and contains 828 lines. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts. Scholars have seen this work against a background of agrarian crisis in mainland Greece, which inspired a wave of colonial expeditions in search of new land. In the poem, Hesiod also offers his brother extensive moralizing advice on ho
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Poem written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_and_Days
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2005-09-05T19:32:42Z
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2024-08-30T21:34:22Z
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