Works of Hesiod

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The "Works of Hesiod" are a collection of ancient Greek didactic poems, chiefly including the "Theogony" and "Works and Days," that outline the origins of the gods, the structure of the cosmos, and moral and practical guidance for human life.

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Label Occurrences
Hesiodic corpus 5
Hesiodic poetry 3
Works of Hesiod canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf corpus of ancient Greek poetry ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
associatedCulture Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
associatedPlace Ascra ⓘ
canonicalStatus major source for Greek mythology ⓘ
comparedWith Homeric epics ⓘ
creator Hesiod ⓘ
date 7th century BCE (approximate) ⓘ
form dactylic hexameter ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
epic poetry ⓘ
hasPart Catalogue of Women ⓘ
Melampodia ⓘ
Shield of Heracles ⓘ
Theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony

Works and Days ⓘ
influenced Greek philosophy ⓘ
Greek tragedy ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry ⓘ
Roman literature ⓘ
later mythographic tradition ⓘ
keyTheme Pandora myth ⓘ
linked to: Myth of Pandora

ages of man ⓘ
cosmic order ⓘ
origin of the gods ⓘ
proper conduct of farmers ⓘ
role of Zeus ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
period Archaic Greece ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Boeotia ⓘ
preservedIn medieval manuscripts ⓘ
subject Greek mythology ⓘ
agricultural instruction ⓘ
cosmogony ⓘ
divine–human relations ⓘ
human labor ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral teaching ⓘ
theogony ⓘ
linked to: Hesiod's Theogony
tradition Ancient Greek literature ⓘ
transmittedThrough oral tradition ⓘ
usedAsSourceBy Aeschylus ⓘ
Apollodorus (Pseudo-Apollodorus) ⓘ
Euripides ⓘ
Ovid ⓘ
Pindar ⓘ
Sophocles ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maia → mentionedIn → Works of Hesiod ⓘ
Elysium → mentionedIn → Hesiodic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Works and Days → partOf → Hesiodic corpus ⓘ
subject linked to: Hesiod's Works and Days
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Hesiodic Catalogue of Women → partOf → Hesiodic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Nymphs of Greek mythology → appearIn → Works of Hesiod ⓘ
Shield of Heracles → literaryTradition → Hesiodic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Shades in the Underworld → appearsIn → Works of Hesiod ⓘ
House of Hades → mentionedIn → Hesiodic poems ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Ehoiai → partOf → Hesiodic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Mount Othrys → mentionedIn → Hesiodic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Mountains of Greece (mythological) → appearsIn → Hesiodic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Amphitrite → appearsIn → Hesiodic poetry ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Xenophanes of Colophon → influencedBy → Hesiodic tradition ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Greco-Roman paganism → hasTextualSource → Hesiodic poems ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
golden apples of the Hesperides → mentionedIn → works of Hesiod ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod
Aegimius (fragmentary poem) → traditionalCorpus → Hesiodic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Works of Hesiod