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Though attributed to Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) in antiquity, the Catalogue of Women, a presentation of legendary Greek heroes and episodes according to maternal genealogy; The Shield, a counterpoint to the Iliadic shield of Achilles; and certain poems that survive as fragments were likely not composed by Hesiod himself.

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If you already have some familiarity with Hesiod’s two best-known works and you want to know more about the rest of the Hesiodic corpus and about the ancient reception of this canonical figure, then Most’s new Loeb books will be essential. Most makes various important corrections and improvements in his translation… We may look back to Hesiod’s poetry as representative of a cultural Golden Age when it was possible for a single work of literature to encompass the whole of traditional ‘wisdom’: high and low, ancient and modern, philosophical and poetic, practical and metaphysical. Perhaps even our Age of Iron could learn from him. -- Emily Wilson * New Republic *

The Shield. Catalogue of Women. Other Fragments

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      Publisher: Harvard University Press
      Publication Date: 13/11/2018
      ISBN13: 9780674997219, 978-0674997219
      ISBN10: 0674997212
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      Book Synopsis
      Though attributed to Hesiod (eighth or seventh century BC) in antiquity, the Catalogue of Women, a presentation of legendary Greek heroes and episodes according to maternal genealogy; The Shield, a counterpoint to the Iliadic shield of Achilles; and certain poems that survive as fragments were likely not composed by Hesiod himself.

      Trade Review
      If you already have some familiarity with Hesiod’s two best-known works and you want to know more about the rest of the Hesiodic corpus and about the ancient reception of this canonical figure, then Most’s new Loeb books will be essential. Most makes various important corrections and improvements in his translation… We may look back to Hesiod’s poetry as representative of a cultural Golden Age when it was possible for a single work of literature to encompass the whole of traditional ‘wisdom’: high and low, ancient and modern, philosophical and poetic, practical and metaphysical. Perhaps even our Age of Iron could learn from him. -- Emily Wilson * New Republic *

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