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HESIOD

Hesiod was a Greek poet who lived around 730 BC. Little is known of his life. Of numerous works attributed to him there only remain the Theogony, a collection of the oldest fables concerning the birth and achievements of the gods; the Shield of Heracles, a fragment of a larger work; and a didactic poem, Works and Days, which deals with agriculture, the choice of days, etc, with prudential precepts concerning education, domestic economy, etc.
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