Hesiod's Cosmos - Hardcover

Strauss Clay, Jenny

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521823927 ISBN 13: 9780521823920

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2003

Synopsis

This study reveals the unity of Hesiod's vision of the Cosmos by reading both his poems as two complementary halves of a whole embracing the human and divine cosmos. In the Theogony and Works and Days, Hesiod, roughly contemporary with Homer, does not describe the deeds of the heroes. He provides instead the earliest comprehensive account of the genesis of the Greek gods and the nature of human life that became the foundation for later Greek literature and philosophy.

About this title

Book Description:

In his two poems, the Theogony and the Works and Days, Hesiod, who was roughly contemporary with Homer, does not describe the deeds of the heroes but provides the earliest systematic and comprehensive account of the genesis of the Greek gods and the nature of human life that became the foundation for all later Greek literature and philosophy. Hesiod's Cosmos reveals the unity of his vision by reading the two poems as complementary halves of a whole embracing the divine and human cosmos.

About the Author:

Jenny Strauss Clay is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. She is the author of The Wrath of Athena (1983; 0691065748) and The Politics of Olympus (1989; 0691067759).

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0521823927
• ISBN 13: 9780521823920
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214