Hesiod Quotes
This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.
Hesiod. The Works of Hesiod, Callimachus, and Theognis. Translated by Rev. J. Banks, Henry G. Bohn, 1856, p. 87.
Hesiod (/ˈhiːsiəd, ˈhɛsiəd/; Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos, 'he who emits the voice') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded as the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject. Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.
