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Hesiod

Read through the most famous quotes from Hesiod




It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.


— Hesiod


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Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.


— Hesiod


#end #justice #over #prevails #race

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.


— Hesiod


#misfortune #mortals #swiftly

Never make a companion equal to a brother.


— Hesiod


#companion #equal #make #never

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.


— Hesiod


#city #entire #evil #man #often

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.


— Hesiod


#bad man #city #deeds #even #man

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.


— Hesiod


#best #mean #moment #opportune #preserve

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.


— Hesiod


#best #blessed #call #calls #heed

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.


— Hesiod


#counsel #counsels #does #evil #him

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.


— Hesiod


#after #barn #coax #deceive #flattering






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Did you know about Hesiod?

His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic an individual with a distinctive role to play. : /ˈhiːsiəd/ or /ˈhɛsiəd/;Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC around the same time as Homer. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs.

Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic an individual with a distinctive role to play. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology farming techniques early economic thought (he is sometimes identified as the first economist) archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.

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