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29 entries for Hesiod

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η583ἩσίοδοςHesiod… Homer the founding-father, such that Homer is the son of Hesiod's cousin, and each was descended from Atlas. These were his poems: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield, Catalogue of Heroic Women in five books, …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ1451Δῶρα θεοὺς πείθει καὶ αἰδοίους βασιλῆαςgifts sway gods and revered kingsSome consider the line Hesiodic, and it is also uttered by Plato in the third [book of the] Republic.Matched in translationhighshort
δ1093Δίκηςof justice… of necessity, for this is the nature of the Just. Hesiod says, on the other hand, that justice is virgin and uncorrupted not only in other respects, but especially in regard to the intercourse …Matched in translationhigh

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Of Kyme; but he was raised as a youth by his father Dios and his mother Pukimede in Askra in Boeotia. His genealogy is: the son of Dios, the son of Apellis, the son of Melanopos -- whom some say is [sc. also]…

Ἡσίοδος, Κυμαῖος· νέος δὲ κομισθεὶς ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς Δίου καὶ μητρὸς Πυκιμήδης ἐν Ἄσκρῃ τῆς Βοιωτίας. γενεαλογεῖται δὲ εἶναι τοῦ Δίου, τοῦ Ἀπελλίδος, τοῦ Μελανώπου· ὅν φασί τινες…

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η350Ἡμίσεια Ἥμισυ παντόςhalf*(/hmisu panto/s ["half than whole"]. Hesiod [writes]: "fools, they do not even know how much more half [is] than the whole." "It is like this: there were two brothers. As one of them died …Matched in translationhighmedium

α133Ἀγάλματαdelights, ornaments, statues… is stored away as a delight for the king." And Hesiod calls a necklace an "ornament"; but Pindar uses this term for the decoration on a tomb, and Euripides uses it for the adornments …Matched in translationhighmedium

α1277Ἀλκήmight[Meaning] strength, power. Hesiod [writes]: "for the Olympian gave might to the sons of Aeacus, intelligence to the sons of Amythaon, and wealth to the sons of Atreus." And Polybius [writes]: "for the might …Matched in translationhighshort

α3750Ἀράχνηspider's web… a narrow thread, dedicated [...]." The spider is mentioned in Hesiod and in Pindar and in Callias. They also say a)raxnika/ ["spidery things"], from the nominative a)ra/xnhs. Callias in Cyclopes [writes]: "weaving their way …Matched in translationhighmedium

α4185ἈσκραῖοςAskraian, Ascraean[Referring to] Hesiod.Matched in translationhighshort

α4456Αὖονparched[Meaning something] dry. Hesiod [writes]: "to cut the parched from the green." Also in the Epigrams: "and breaking off a chunk of parched bread, the poor-man's sacrifice." And elsewhere: "to some extent he was …Matched in translationhighshort

αι86Αἰδώςshame… reference to those whose pleasantness harms them. Homer [says this]. Hesiod [writes]: "shame accompanies a man in need". And [there is] another proverb: "shame [is] in the eyes". Since those who have been mistreated …Matched in translationhighmedium

αι230Αἶνοςtale, story… a cryptic way to instruct and teach something, just as Hesiod seems to have done in his poetry. A dread individual is [called] ai)no/s with an acute accent. Also [sc. attested is] ai)=nos, [meaning] …Matched in translationhighmedium

δ126Δαῖταςfeasts… sailors this feast of hand-kneaded barley cake." Also, "just as Hesiod represents the sons of Aeacus as 'rejoicing in war as if in a feast."Matched in translationhighshort

δ553Διαήσειwill drive through… But dia/hsi [means he/she/it] goes through. [The latter occurs] in Hesiod.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1349Δόμεν ὅς κεν δῷ καὶ μὴ δόμεν ὅς κεν μὴ δῷto give [to] whoever gives and not to give [to] whoever does not giveHesiod says [this]. Meaning to give [do/menai] and not to give.Matched in translationhighshort

ε780Ἐλεδώνηeledone… called eledone from consuming [edein], that is eating, itself. And Hesiod [writes]: "when a boneless one gnaws its foot."Matched in translationhighshort

ε2221ἘπιάλτηνnightmareHomer and Hesiod and the Attic [Greeks] [mean by epialtes] the demon [of that name], but with a phi [they spell the name of] the man Ephialtes. And [sc. note also] that which is …Matched in translationhighshort

ε3618Εὐόρκουfaithful to one's oath[Meaning] pious. Hesiod [writes]: "a family of a man faithful to his oath may change afterwards." And Aristophanes [writes]: "but if you are at all delighted in the ways of a man faithful to …Matched in translationhighshort

ι99Ἴδειwith sweat, with heat… i)/dos; and [the dative] i)/dei means "in the summer" in Hesiod.Matched in translationhighshort

ι482Ἰῶκά τε δακρυόεσσανand tearful routHomer calls i)wkh/n ["rout"] i)w=ka, as Hesiod [calls] kro/khn ["weft"] kro/ka. And Homer himself calls a)lkh=| ["strength"] a)lki/ [in the phrase] a)lki\ pepoiqw/s. And he calls the battle "rout" from a part, since [battle] …Matched in translationhighshort

κ2628ΚυθέρειαKythereia, Cytheria… is] not [sc. called this] because she reached Cythera, as Hesiod says; rather, she has love hidden within herself, which she sends to all; for through her charmed girdle she has the power. They …Matched in translationhighshort

κ2714Κυνοκέφαλοςdogshead… and shameless; the sort of person that Geryoneus was in Hesiod. "Chrysaor gave birth to three-headed Geryoneus." That is, reckless and unscrupulous and rapacious.Matched in translationhighshort

λ309Λέσχηlounging, lounge; conversation… [are] long, long ago dust, your nightingales live on". In Hesiod a lesche [is] a kiln.Matched in translationhighmedium

α425ἈδάμAdam… Hence Orpheus and Homer and that portrayer of improper begettings, Hesiod. Hence the reputation of Thales and the glorious Pythagoras and Socrates the wise and Plato, the much-ballyhooed pride of the Academy of the …Matched in translationhighlong

α3924ἈριστόνικοςAristonicus, Aristonikos… He wrote On the [critical] signs in the Theogony of Hesiod and in the Iliad and Odyssey; 6 books of Ungrammatical Words.Matched in translationhighshort

δ430ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… On -mi Verbs; On Antonyms; exegesis of Homer; likewise of Hesiod.Matched in translationhighmedium

δ457Δημοσθένης ΘρᾷξDemosthenes the Thracian, Demosthenes Thrax… works of Damagetus of Heraclea; On Dithyrambic Poets; Paraphrase of Hesiod's Theogony.Matched in translationhighshort

δ1177ΔιονύσιοςDionysios, Dionysius… one book, Heavenly Phenomena, and in prose, a Commentary on Hesiod; Description of the Inhabited World in epic verse. I also found these things under the Dionysios who wrote the Gemstones; so which one …Matched in translationhighshort

ε359ἙκαταῖοςHecataeus, Hekataios… books are as follows: On the Poetry of Homer and Hesiod.Matched in translationhighshort

ε3801ΕὐφορίωνEuphorion, Euphorio… some say, in Antioch. Here are his books of epic: Hesiod; Mopsopia or Orderless Tales, [so called] for it contains miscellaneous stories; and 'Mopsopia' because Attica was previously called Mopsopia after Mopsopia the daughter …Matched in translationhighmedium