HESIOD
Hêsiodos (Ησιοδος).
Born in the 8th or 7th century BCE in Ascra, Beotia.
Died possibly in Oinoê, Locris.
Wikipedia: English,
French.
POEMS
Works and days.
(Εργα και ημεραι | Erga kai êmerai).
Greek:
Frederick Paley (1861;
revised in 1883);
— Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Friedrich Solmsen (1970);
— Martin Litchfield West (1978);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Georgics (George Chapman, 1618, ed. 1858; verse);
— Works and days (Thomas Cooke, 1728; verse;
see also 1740);
— The works and days (Charles Abraham Elton, 1809, ed. 1812; verse;
revised in 1815
and 1832);
— The works and days (James Banks [afterwards James Davies], 1856);
— Hints from the works and days (anonymous, 1883; partial translation, verse);
— Works and days (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— Works and days (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The works and days (Richmond Lattimore, 1959, ed. 1965);
— Works and days (Dorothea Wender, 1973);
— Works and days (Richard McIlwaine Frazer, 1983);
— Works and days (Apostolos Athanassakis, 1983);
— Works and days (Martin Litchfield West, 1988);
— Works and days (Stanley Lombardo, 1993);
— Works and days (David Tandy and Walter Neale, 1996);
— Works and days (Daryl Hine, 2004);
— Works and days (Glenn Most, 2006);
— Works and days (Stephanie Nelson, 2008);
— Works and days (Barry Powell, 2017).
French:
Les œuvres et les jours (Richard Le Blanc, 1547; verse);
— Les œuvres et les jours (Lambert Daneau, 1571; verse);
— Les besognes et les jours (Jacques Le Gras, 1586; verse);
— Les travaux et les jours (Nicolas Bergier, 1767;
see also 1774);
— Les travaux et les jours (Pierre-Louis-Claude Gin, 1785);
— Les œuvres et les jours (Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé, 1796;
revised by Émile Lefranc in 1834);
— Les œuvres et les jours (Armand Mondot, 1835);
— Les œuvres et les jours (Antoine-Joseph Bécart, 1838; verse);
— Les travaux et les jours (Anne Bignan, 1838;
revised in 1841);
— Les travaux et les jours (Alphonse Fresse-Montval, 1843; verse);
— Les œuvres et les jours (Jules Chenu, 1844);
— Les travaux et les jours (Charles-Auguste Salmon, 1863; verse);
— Les travaux et les jours (Leconte de Lisle, 1869);
— Les travaux et les jours (Henri Patin, 1892);
— Les travaux et les jours (Pierre Waltz, 1909; revised by Jérôme Vérain in 1999);
— Les travaux et les jours (Paul Mazon, 1912; revised in 1928;
see 1964);
— Les travaux et les jours (Claude Terreaux, 1995);
— Les travaux et les jours (Philippe Brunet, 1999);
— Les travaux et les jours (Jean-Louis Backès, 2001).
Genealogy of the gods.
(Θεογονια | Theogonia).
Greek:
Frederick Paley (1861;
revised in 1883);
— Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Martin Litchfield West (1966);
— Friedrich Solmsen (1970);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The theogony, or The generation of the gods (Thomas Cooke, 1728; verse;
see also 1740);
— The theogony, or Generation of the gods (Charles Abraham Elton, 1809, ed. 1812; verse;
revised in 1815
and 1832);
— The theogony (James Banks [afterwards James Davies], 1856);
— Theogony (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The theogony (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Theogony (Norman Brown, 1953);
— Theogony (Richmond Lattimore, 1959, ed. 1965);
— Theogony (Dorothea Wender, 1973);
— Theogony (Richard McIlwaine Frazer, 1983);
— Theogony (Apostolos Athanassakis, 1983);
— Theogony (Richard Caldwell, 1987);
— Theogony (Martin Litchfield West, 1988);
— Theogony (Stanley Lombardo, 1993);
— Theogony (Daryl Hine, 2004);
— Theogony (Glenn Most, 2006);
— Theogony (Barry Powell, 2017).
French:
Théogonie (Nicolas Bergier, 1767;
see also 1774);
— Théogonie (Pierre-Louis-Claude Gin, 1785);
— La théogonie, ou La généalogie des dieux (Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé, 1796);
— Théogonie (Armand Mondot, 1835);
— La théogonie (Anne Bignan, 1838;
revised in 1841);
— La théogonie (Alphonse Fresse-Montval, 1843; verse);
— La théogonie (Leconte de Lisle, 1869);
— La théogonie (Henri Patin, 1872;
see also 1892);
— Théogonie (Paul Mazon, 1928, ed. 1964);
— Théogonie : La naissance des dieux (Annie Bonnafé, 1993);
— La théogonie (Claude Terreaux, 1995);
— La théogonie (Philippe Brunet, 1999);
— Théogonie (Jean-Louis Backès, 2001);
— Théogonie : Un chant du cosmos (Aude Wacziarg Engel, 2014);
— La théogonie (Gianfranco Stroppini de Focara, 2015).
The shield of Heracles.
(Ασπις Ηρακλεους | Aspis Hêrakleous).
Greek:
Frederick Paley (1861;
revised in 1883);
— Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Friedrich Solmsen (1970);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The shield of Hercules (Charles Abraham Elton, 1809, ed. 1812; verse;
revised in 1815
and 1832);
— The shield of Hercules (James Banks [afterwards James Davies], 1856);
— The shield of Herakles (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— Shield of Heracles (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The shield of Herakles (Richmond Lattimore, 1959, ed. 1965);
— Shield (Apostolos Athanassakis, 1983);
— The shield (Glenn Most, 2007);
— The shield of Herakles (Barry Powell, 2017).
French:
Le bouclier d’Hercule (Nicolas Bergier, 1767;
see also 1774);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Pierre-Louis-Claude Gin, 1785);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé, 1796;
revised by Émile Lefranc in 1834);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Armand Mondot, 1835);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Anne Bignan, 1838;
revised in 1841);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Alphonse Fresse-Montval, 1843; verse);
— Le bouclier de Hèraklès (Leconte de Lisle, 1869);
— Le bouclier d’Hercule (Henri Patin, 1892);
— Le bouclier (Paul Mazon, 1928, ed. 1964);
— Le bouclier (Philippe Brunet, 1999);
— Bouclier (Jean-Louis Backès, 2001).
FRAGMENTS
The divination by birds.
(Ορνιθομαντεια | Ornithomanteia).
Greek:
Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967).
English:
The divination by birds (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914).
The astronomy.
(Αστρονομια | Astronomia).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The astronomy (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The astronomy (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Astronomy, or Astrology (Glenn Most, 2007).
The precepts of Chiron.
(Χειρωνος υποθηκαι | Kheirônos hupothêkai).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The advices of Chiron (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The precepts of Chiron (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The precepts of Chiron (Glenn Most, 2007).
The great works.
(Μεγαλα εργα | Megala erga).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The great works (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The great works (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The great works (Glenn Most, 2007).
The Idaean dactyls.
(Ιδαιοι δακτυλοι | Idaioi daktuloi).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The Idaean dactyls (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The Idaean dactyls (Glenn Most, 2007).
The catalogues of women.
(Γυναικων καταλογος | Gunaikôn katalogos).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Catalogues (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The catalogues of women and the eoiae (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition);
— Catalogue of women, or Ehoiai (Glenn Most, 2007).
French:
Bacchus, en donnant le vin à la terre... (Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé, 1796; only one fragment);
— Le catalogue des femmes (Philippe Brunet, 1999).
The marriage of Ceyx.
(Κηυκος γαμος | Kêukos gamos).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The marriage of Keyx (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The marriage of Ceyx (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition);
— The wedding of Ceyx (Glenn Most, 2007).
The great eoiae.
(Μεγαλαι ηοιαι | Megalai êoiai).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The great eoiae (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The great eoiae (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Great ehoiai (Glenn Most, 2007).
The Melampodia.
(Μελαμποδεια | Melampodeia).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Melampodia (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— The Melampodia (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— The Melampodia (Glenn Most, 2007).
French:
Mélampodie (Jean-Marie-Louis Coupé, 1796; only one fragment).
Aegimius.
(Αιγιμιος | Aigimios).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Aigimios (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— Aegimius (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Aegimius (Glenn Most, 2007).
The descent of Peirithous to Hades.
(Πειριθου καταβασις | Peirithou katabasis).
Greek:
Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
The descent of Peirithous to Hades (Glenn Most, 2007).
Other fragments.
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
From uncertain poems (Alexander William Mair, 1908);
— Fragments of unknown position (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Unplaced fragments (Glenn Most, 2007).
French:
Fragments (Anne Bignan, 1838);
— Fragments (Philippe Brunet, 1999).
Doubtful fragments.
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967);
— Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Doubtful fragments (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914);
— Doubtful fragments (Glenn Most, 2007).
Spurious fragments.
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1902;
see also 1908);
— Reinhold Merkelbach and Martin Litchfield West (1967).
ANCIENT TEXTS ABOUT HESIOD
Contest of Homer and Hesiod.
(Αγων Ομηρου και Ησιοδου | Agôn Homêrou kai Hêsiodou).
Greek:
Aloisius Rzach (1908);
— Hugh Evelyn-White (1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition).
English:
Of the origin of Homer and Hesiod, and of their contest (Hugh Evelyn-White, 1914;
see appendix of 1950 edition).
French:
Combat d’Homère et d’Hésiode (Pierre-Louis-Claude Gin, 1785);
— La dispute d’Homère et d’Hésiode (Philippe Brunet, 1999).
Mentions.
Greek:
Glenn Most (2006).
English:
Testimonia (Glenn Most, 2006).
Created on 1 October 2020. Updated on 16 January 2026.
