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Hesiod

[ hee-see-uhd, hes-ee- ]

noun

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


Hesiod

/ ˈɛɪˌɒ /

noun

  1. Hesiod8th century bc8th century bcMGreekWRITING: poet 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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌˈǻ徱, adjective
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Other Word Forms

  • ··ǻ· [hee-see-, od, -ik, hes-ee-], adjective
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Scattered references in Greek and Roman works by Hesiod, Apollodorus and Ovid described her death at the hands of the hero Perseus, but also hinted at a fuller life.

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But that morning, I found I could not look away from the creature described in Hesiod’s “Theogony” as breathing “invincible fire, terrible and huge, swift-footed and powerful.”

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For guidance he instead turned to classical texts like “Work and Days,” a collection of instructions by the Greek poet Hesiod to his younger brother about running his estate.

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As she fell, Annabeth thought about Hesiod, the old Greek poet who’d speculated it would take nine days to fall from earth to Tartarus.

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Their origin story varies but since we're talking about "The Handmaid's Tale" fourth season finale, "The Wilderness," let's go with the poet Hesiod's version.

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