Hesiod /

• Main Author: Ησίοδος 750-700 (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Most, Glenn W. (επιμελητής,, μεταφραστής.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, MA ; London : Harvard University Press, 2018.
• Edition: Revised ed.
• Series: Loeb Classical Library 57, 503
• Subjects: Ησίοδος > 750-700, > Ερμηνεία και κριτική.; Μυθολογία, Ελληνική > Πρώιμα έργα μέχρι το 1800.; Επική ποίηση, Ελληνική.

Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer.