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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} {{creatorstub}} <!-- please leave this here until the page has either a bibliography or creatortropes section - or, preferably, both --> Hesiod was an early Greek poet, generally considered a contemporary of [[Homer]]. He is remembered for two works: the ''[[Theogony (Literature)\|Theogony]]'' and the ''[[Works and Days (Literature)\|Works and Days]]''. Both works heavily influenced later authors.▼ [[File:Moreau, Gustave - Hésiode et la Muse - 1891.jpg\|thumb\|300px\|''Hésiode et la Muse'', by Gustave Moreau]] ▲'''Hesiod''' was an early Greek poet, generally considered a contemporary of [[Homer]]. He is remembered for two works: the ''[[~~Theogony (Literature)\|~~Theogony]]'' and the ''[[~~Works and Days (Literature)\|~~Works and Days]]''. Both works heavily influenced later authors. The ''[[~~Theogony (Literature)\|~~Theogony]]'' is an account of how the world came to be and contains what is now the standard genealogy of the Greek gods. The ''[[~~Works and Days (Literature)\|~~Works and Days]]'' 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. {{reflist}}