Hesiod

[ hee-see-uh d, hes-ee- ]

/ ˈhi si əd, ˈhɛs i- /

noun

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

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He·si·od·ic

[hee-see-od-ik, hes-ee-] /ˌhi siˈɒd ɪk, ˌhɛs i-/, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for hesiod

They were all placed in the temple, and the poet Hesiod afterwards assigned them names and attributes.

The Student's Mythology |Catherine Ann White
Hesiod tells us that the days regarded as sacred in his day were the fourth, fourteenth and twenty-fourth of each month.

The Astronomy of the Bible |E. Walter Maunder
The doctrine of guardian angels was versified by Hesiod, who was contemporary with Homer.

A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10) |Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Homer, Hesiod, the sacred poets, had looked at these questions in their purely poetic aspects.

Christianity and Greek Philosophy |Benjamin Franklin Cocker

It is noticeable that there is no mention of these Heraclidae or their invasion in Homer or Hesiod.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 |Various

British Dictionary definitions for hesiod

Hesiod

/ (ˈhɛsɪˌɒd) /

noun

8th century bc, Greek poet and the earliest author of didactic verse. His two complete extant works are the Works and Days, dealing with the agricultural seasons, and the Theogony, concerning the origin of the world and the genealogies of the gods

Derived forms of Hesiod

Hesiodic, adjective

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