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External Web sites
- Ancient Greece - Biography of Hesiod
- Ancient History Encyclopedia - Biography of Hesiod
- Kidipede History for Kids - Hesiod
- Livius - Biography of Hesiod
- The Online Medieval and Classical Library - Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica Library of the works of Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns, and various fragments of archaic Greek poetry. Includes an introduction to epic poetry and preclassical literature, plus highly speculative biographical information on the authors.
- University of Michigan Press - Biography of Hesiod
Britannica Web sites
Articles from Britannica encyclopedias for elementary and high school students.
- Hesiod - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
(9th century BC). Except for the works of Homer, the epics of Hesiod are the earliest Greek writings to come down to the present. His Theogony relates the myths about the gods, and Works and Days is a book of wisdom literature that traces the decline of humanity from an early golden age.