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Hesiod
Ancient Greek poet of the archaic period
- Dated c. 776 BCE – c. 7th century BCE
In brief
Hesiod is the poet to whom the Theogony is attributed. Its opening places a speaker named Hesiod tending sheep near Helicon and receiving a song from the Muses. That scene introduces the poem’s claim to authority.
A voice within a poem is evidence about how the work presents itself. It is not independent confirmation of every event in the poet’s life. Read the author record alongside the work, while keeping the poem’s divine speakers and the historical question of authorship distinct.
Sources: Hesiod, Theogony, opening 1–35
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