Greek mythology, The works of Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days

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The works of Hesiod: Theogony and Works and Days

The fullest and most important source of myths about the origin of the gods is the Theogony of Hesiod (c. 700 bce). The elaborate genealogies are accompanied by folktales and etiological myths (myths that explain origins). The Works and Days shares some of these myths in the narrative framework of a farming almanac and uses them to deliver homilies on justice and morality. The orthodox view treats the two poems as quite different in theme and treats the Works and Days as a theodicy (an explanation of why God permits evil). It is possible, however, to treat the two poems as a diptych, each part dependent on the other. The Theogony declares the identities and alliances of the gods, while the Works and Days gives advice on the best way to succeed in a dangerous world, and Hesiod urges that the most reliable—though by no means certain—way is to be just.,

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