Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and Homerica

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INTRODUCTION General The Boeotian School Life of Hesiod The Hesiodic Poems I. _The Works and Days_ II. The Genealogical Poems Date of the Hesiodic Poems Literary Value of Homer The Ionic School The Trojan Cycle The Homeric Hymns The Epigrams of Homer The Burlesque Poems The Contest of Homer and Hesiod…

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• AuthorHesiod
• SourceProject Gutenberg #348
• Length92,024 words · 6h 08m of reading
• Chapters91
• DictionaryIncluded
• CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
• Source checked2026-09-06

Contents

91 chapters

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1. 01BIBLIOGRAPHY
2. 02THE EPIGRAMS OF HOMER
3. 03ENDNOTES
4. 04PREPARER’S NOTE
5. 05PREFACE
6. 06General
7. 07The Boeotian School
8. 08Life of Hesiod
9. 09The Hesiodic Poems
10. 10II. The Genealogical Poems
11. 11Date of the Hesiodic Poems
12. 12Literary Value of Homer
13. 13The Ionic School
14. 14The Trojan Cycle
15. 15The Homeric Hymns
16. 16The Epigrams of Homer
17. 17The Burlesque Poems
18. 18The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
19. 19BIBLIOGRAPHY
20. 20K Rome, Bibl. Casanat. 356 (14th cent.)
21. 21HESIOD’S WORKS AND DAYS
22. 22THE DIVINATION BY BIRDS
23. 23THE ASTRONOMY
24. 24THE PRECEPTS OF CHIRON
25. 25THE GREAT WORKS
26. 26THE IDAEAN DACTYLS
27. 27THE THEOGONY
28. 28THE CATALOGUES OF WOMEN AND EOIAE1701
29. 29THE SHIELD OF HERACLES
30. 30THE MARRIAGE OF CEYX
31. 31THE GREAT EOIAE
32. 32THE MELAMPODIA
33. 33AEGIMIUS
34. 34FRAGMENTS OF UNKNOWN POSITION
35. 35DOUBTFUL FRAGMENTS
36. 36I. TO DIONYSUS 2501
37. 37II. TO DEMETER
38. 38III. TO DELIAN APOLLO
39. 39IV. TO HERMES
40. 40V. TO APHRODITE
41. 41VI. TO APHRODITE
42. 42VII. TO DIONYSUS
43. 43VIII. TO ARES
44. 44IX. TO ARTEMIS
45. 45X. TO APHRODITE
46. 46XI. TO ATHENA
47. 47XII. TO HERA
48. 48XIII. TO DEMETER
49. 49XIV. TO THE MOTHER OF THE GODS
50. 50XV. TO HERACLES THE LION-HEARTED
51. 51XVI. TO ASCLEPIUS
52. 52XVII. TO THE DIOSCURI
53. 53XVIII. TO HERMES
54. 54XIX. TO PAN
55. 55XX. TO HEPHAESTUS
56. 56XXI. TO APOLLO
57. 57XXII. TO POSEIDON
58. 58XXIII. TO THE SON OF CRONOS, MOST HIGH
59. 59XXIV. TO HESTIA
60. 60XXV. TO THE MUSES AND APOLLO
61. 61XXVI. TO DIONYSUS
62. 62XXVII. TO ARTEMIS
63. 63XXVIII. TO ATHENA
64. 64XXIX. TO HESTIA
65. 65XXX. TO EARTH THE MOTHER OF ALL
66. 66XXXI. TO HELIOS
67. 67XXXII. TO SELENE
68. 68XXXIII. TO THE DIOSCURI
69. 69HOMER’S EPIGRAMS2601
70. 70THE WAR OF THE TITANS
71. 71THE STORY OF OEDIPUS
72. 72THE THEBAID
73. 73THE EPIGONI
74. 74THE CYPRIA
75. 75THE AETHIOPIS
76. 76THE LITTLE ILIAD
77. 77THE SACK OF ILIUM
78. 78THE RETURNS
79. 79THE TELEGONY
80. 80THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS
81. 81THE TAKING OF OECHALIA
82. 82THE PHOCAIS
83. 83THE MARGITES
84. 84THE CERCOPES
85. 85THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE
86. 86OF THE ORIGIN OF HOMER AND HESIOD, AND OF THEIR CONTEST
87. 87HOMER: ‘Born Sarpedon, that bold and godlike man.’
88. 88HOMER: ‘Having our hilted swords and long-helved spears.’
89. 89HESIOD: ‘Of what effect are righteousness and courage?’
90. 90HESIOD: ‘What do men mean by happiness?’
91. 91ENDNOTES

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