The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, Including the Shield of Hercules Translated into English rhyme and blank verse; with a dissertation on the life and æra, the poems and mythology of Hesiod, and copious notes.
Hesiod; Chapman
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Hesiod; Chapman · 13 chapters
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no education could be conceived more natural for a bard who sang of husbandry.
The circumstance, although destitute of express evidence, is however probable, from his acquaintance with theogonical traditions and his tone of religious instruction.
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- PREFACE.Sample
- FOOTNOTES
- SECTION I. ON THE LIFE OF HESIOD.
- SECTION II. ON THE ÆRA OF HESIOD.
- FOOTNOTES
- SECTION III. ON THE POEMS OF HESIOD.[12]
- FOOTNOTES
- SECTION IV. ON THE MYTHOLOGY OF HESIOD.
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- The Argument.
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- II.
- DAYS.
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- The Argument.
- THE THEOGONY.
- FOOTNOTES
- The Argument.
- THE SHIELD OF HERCULES.
- FOOTNOTES
- BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE.
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