Hesiod (/ ' h i s i d / or / ' h s i d / ; Greek : sd, IPA / s i o ð o s / Esíodos ) was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought (he is sometimes identified as the first economist ), archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time -keeping.
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If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great. Go to Quote / Comment
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. Go to Quote / Comment
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. Go to Quote / Comment
Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy. Go to Quote / Comment
Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. Go to Quote / Comment