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He·si·od

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fl. 8th century b.c., Greek poet.

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Greek poet. The major epics ascribed to him are Works and Days, a valuable account of ancient rural life, and Theogony, a description of the gods and the beginning of the world.

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hesiod
noun
Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)