Dear Classical Wisdom Member,

Let’s be honest…when was the last time you cracked open a poem on divine genealogy for fun? Thought so.

Yet here we are, dusting off Theogony and Works and Days, and asking ourselves that most timeless of questions: Who on earth was Hesiod...and why should we care?

If Homer is the thunderous blockbuster director of the ancient world (the kind that inspires Christopher Nolan), then Hesiod is more like that grouchy old guy at the end of your street, shouting helpful but slightly unhinged advice from the back porch. You know, the one who rails against lazy youths, knows exactly when to plant your barley, and insists that you never, ever, pee facing the sun.

Yes, Hesiod is weirdly wonderful.

Often billed as Homer’s more rustic, less sexy counterpart, this Boeotian bard may not have gifted us Achilles’ heel or the wooden horse of Troy, but what he did give us was something no less vital: a cosmic origin story and a manual for living (and farming) in a chaotic world.

While Theogony reads like a roll call of gods with serious family issues (you know, Titan dads, castration, thunderbolts, the usual), Works and Days brings us down to earth with grumbling wisdom, agricultural tips, and sibling rivalry so fierce it could fuel a Netflix series.

But despite (or perhaps because?) of Hesiod’s curmudgeonly and moralistic ways, he is refreshingly human. He’s part prophet, part ploughman, part reluctant social commentator. And in a time where misinformation runs wild and modern life feels increasingly unmoored, his call to honest labour, moderation, and reverence for nature may feel surprisingly relevant.

But was he one man? Two? A pseudonymous collective of divine-weather-obsessed poets? Read on to learn a bit more about the man and if we can truly say his works are his in today’s article, “Who is Hesiod?”

Classical Wisdom Members: you can go further and make Hesiod proud by enjoying our Member’s only Ebook, “The Birth of Gods”, which includes the forward, summary, helpful charts and original text, below.

Enjoy!

All the best,

Anya Leonard

Founder and Director

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Who Was Hesiod?

By Ben Potter

Who was Homer’s contemporary, the Boeotian poet Hesiod (c.750-650BC), and was he the author of the two major works that are ascribed to him: Theogony and Works and Days?

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