Hesiod's Works and Days 

Summary

Works and Days was Hesiod's second major poem.  In it he describes humanities steady decline from an original Golden Age.  A prominent element in the poem is the quarrel between Zeus and Prometheus which leads Zeus to a growing hostility towards humankind.  

Web Links

The Internet Classics Archive | Works and Days by Hesiod

An e-text and commentary. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White.

Hesiod, the Homeric Hymns and Homerica

This site offers an extensive list of resources and e-texts.

Hesiod, Works and Days

A very good site from the Perseus Project. Offers links as well as an extensively referenced e-text.

Encyclopedia.com - Results for Hesiod

A short hyperlinked article on Hesiod.

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