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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherHackett Publishing Company, Incorporated
ISBN-100941051005
ISBN-139780941051002
eBay Product ID (ePID)609033
Product Key Features
Book TitleTheogony
Number of Pages129 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1987
TopicClassics, Literary
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorHesiod
Book SeriesFocus Classical Library
FormatPerfect
Dimensions
Item Height0.3 in
Item Weight4.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN87-080897
Dewey Decimal883.2
SynopsisEnglish translation. Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's Works and Days, lines 1-201, and the Library of Apollodorus., This English translation from the Greek is Hesiod's straightforward account of the family conflict among the gods and the Greek origin myth. Includes an introduction; commentary; interpretive essay; Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201; and material from the Library of Apollodorus., This translation contains an introduction, commentary and interpretive essay and well as numerous notes and annotations to provide the history and background of the epic, and the mythological context in which it is placed. Hesiod's straightforward account of family conflict among the gods is the best and earliest evidence of what the ancient Greeks believed about the beginning of the world. Includes Hesiod's "Works and Days", lines 1-201, and material from the Library of Apollodorus.