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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.


Hesiod


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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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