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| 3 | Hesiod was an UsefulNotes/{{ancient Gree|ce}}k poet, generally considered a contemporary of Creator/{{Homer}}. He is remembered for two works: the ''Literature/{{Theogony}}'' and the ''Literature/WorksAndDays''. Both works heavily influenced later authors. |
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| 5 | The ''Literature/{{Theogony}}'' is an account of how the world came to be and contains what is now the standard genealogy of the Greek gods. |
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| 7 | The ''Literature/WorksAndDays'' is framed as a letter of advice to a lazy brother. It extols the value of labour and justice, while laying out an idealized calendar of tasks: sowing, harvesting, trading and so on. It is also the earliest appearance of the "Ages of Man", the decline from a Golden Age to the present-day Iron Age. |
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