Hesiod
Theogony, Works and Days
Where Homer sang of heroes, Hesiod sang of gods and farmers. The Theogony gave Greece its canonical account of divine origins; Works and Days established the didactic tradition — poetry as practical and moral instruction.
Key works
- Theogony~700 BC— Genealogy of the gods
- Works and Days~700 BC— Labor, justice, the five ages of man