Epic & Didactic · Hesiod
Works and Days
Hesiod, c. 700 BCE (as conventionally dated) — in Greek.
A poem of labour and justice addressed to the poet's brother — the farmer's year, and the case for honest work.
The words most alive here
- ἀνήρ · anēr 48
- κακός · kakos 43
- Ζεύς · Zeus 37
- ἔργον · ergon 36
- ἄνθρωπος · anthrōpos 36
- μηδέ · mēde 35
- μέγας · megas 26
- ἔχω · echō 23
- δίκη · dikē 22
- τίθημι · tithēmi 21
- θυμός · thymos 21
- οἶκος · oikos 20
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
Read from it
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μοῦσαι Πιερίηθεν ἀοιδῇσιν κλείουσαι δεῦτε, Δίʼ ἐννέπετε, σφέτερον πατέρʼ ὑμνείουσαι:
Works and Days 1–2 -
ἐγὼ δέ κε, Πέρση, ἐτήτυμα μυθησαίμην.
Works and Days 10 -
πλείη μὲν γὰρ γαῖα κακῶν, πλείη δὲ θάλασσα:
Works and Days 101 -
νοῦσοι δʼ ἀνθρώποισιν ἐφʼ ἡμέρῃ, αἳ δʼ ἐπὶ νυκτὶ αὐτόματοι φοιτῶσι κακὰ θνητοῖσι φέρουσαι σιγῇ, ἐπεὶ φωνὴν ἐξείλετο μητίετα Ζεύς.
Works and Days 102–104 -
οὕτως οὔτι πη ἔστι Διὸς νόον ἐξαλέασθαι.
Works and Days 105 -
εἰ δʼ ἐθέλεις, ἕτερόν τοι ἐγὼ λόγον ἐκκορυφώσω εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως:
Works and Days 106
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