{"product_id":"athanassakis-apostolos-n-hesiod","title":"Athanassakis, Apostolos N.: Hesiod","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohns Hopkins University Press, paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: August 2, 2022\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing: This best-selling translation of Hesiod's the \u003ci\u003eTheogony\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eShield \u003c\/i\u003ehas been updated into the most indispensable edition yet for students of Greek mythology and literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNext to the works of Homer, Hesiod's poems are foundational texts for students of the classics. His two major surviving works, the \u003ci\u003eTheogony \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e, address the divine and the mundane, respectively. The\u003ci\u003e Theogony \u003c\/i\u003etraces the origins of the Greek gods and recounts the events surrounding the crowning of Zeus as their king, while the\u003ci\u003e Works and Days\u003c\/i\u003e is a manual of moral instruction in verse addressed to farmers and peasants. Though modern scholars dispute the authorship of the \u003ci\u003eShield\u003c\/i\u003e, ancient texts treat this final poem about the shield of Herakles as unquestionably Hesiodic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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 \u003ci\u003eShield\u003c\/i\u003e. 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":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40323597631511,"sku":"9781421443942","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/products\/content_deda894c-3922-4146-93ce-24cfbced38af.jpg?v=1664167898","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/athanassakis-apostolos-n-hesiod","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}