What is Hesiod?
[[File:Hesiodi Ascraei quaecumque exstant.tif|thumb|Hesiodi Ascraei quaecumque exstant, 1701]] '''Hesiod''' (''Hesiodos'', {{polytonic|Ἡσίοδος}}) was an [[Ancient Greece|Ancient Greek]] [[poet]]. He is probably the second Greek poet whose work has survived; like [[Homer]], his dates are not known for certain. As with Homer, there are numerous legends, none of which are supported by hard evidence. He may have lived around 700 BC in Askra in [[Boeotia]], as a [[farmer]]. Today his writings are one of the main sources for [[Greek mythology]], and everyday life in [[Ancient Greece]], such as [[farming]] techniques, [[astronomy]] and ancient [[time]]-keeping. The complete surviving works were published in 1493, and by [[Aldus Manutius]] in 1495. == Works == *''[[Works and days]]'' *''[[Theogony]]'' *''[[Catalogue of women]]'' (or ''Eoiae'') *''[[The Shield of Heracles]]'' == Other websites == {{wikiquote-en|Hesiod}} {{Wikisource|Author:Hesiod|Hesiod}} {{Commons category|Hesiod}} * {{gutenberg author| id=Hesiod | name=Hesiod}} * Web texts taken from ''Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica'', edited and translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, published as Loeb Classical Library #57, 1914, {{ISBN|0-674-99063-3}}: **[https://archive.org/details/hesiodhomerichym00hesiuoft Scanned text at the Internet Archive], in [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] and [[DjVu]] format ** [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin//perscoll?.submit=Change&collection=Perseus%3Acollection%3AGreco-Roman&type=text&lang=Any&lookup=Hesiod Perseus Classics Collection: Greek and Roman Materials: Text: Hesiod] Greek texts and English translations for ''Works and Days'', ''Theogony'', and ''Shield of Heracles'' with additional notes and cross links. ** Versions of the electronic edition of Evelyn-White's English translation edited by Douglas B. Killings, June 1995: *** [http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/348 Project Gutenberg plain text] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013143541/http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/348 |date=2008-10-13 }}. *** [http:/