{"product_id":"9781421443942","title":"Hesiod : Theogony, Works and Days, Shield","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Athanassakis, Apostolos N. \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 27\/09\/2022,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 200 pages, 2 Charts; 1 Maps,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781421443942,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis best-selling translation of Hesiod's the Theogony, the Works and Days, and the Shield has been updated into the most indispensable edition yet for students of Greek mythology and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext to the works of Homer, Hesiod's poems are foundational texts for students of the classics. His two major surviving works, the Theogony and the Works and Days, address the divine and the mundane, respectively. The Theogony traces the origins of the Greek gods and recounts the events surrounding the crowning of Zeus as their king, while the Works and Days is a manual of moral instruction in verse addressed to farmers and peasants. Though modern scholars dispute the authorship of the Shield, ancient texts treat this final poem about the shield of Herakles as unquestionably Hesiodic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing his celebrated translations of Hesiod, Apostolos N. Athanassakis positions the philosopher-poet as heir to a long tradition of Hellenic poetry. Hesiod's poems demonstrate the author's passionate interest in the governance of human society through justice and a tangible work ethic. As a physicist and a materialist, Hesiod avoided such subjects as honor and the afterlife. His works contain the oldest fundamentals on law and Greek economy, making Hesiod the first great thinker of Western civilization. Athanassakis's contextual notes offer both comparison to Biblical and Norse mythologies as well as anthropological connections to modern Greece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of this classic undergraduate text includes a thoroughly updated bibliography reflecting the last two decades of scholarship. The introductions and notes have been enriched, clarifying contextual history and the meaning of Hesiod's own language and themes, and notes have been newly added to the Shield. Athanassakis has lightly improved his translation throughout the text, expertly balancing the natural flow of the verse while adhering closely to the literal Greek.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42272718716972,"sku":"9781421443942","price":24.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/products\/9781421443942.jpg?v=1702505690","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.live\/products\/9781421443942","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}