{"product_id":"works-of-hesiod-and-the-homeric-hymns-including-theogony-and-works-and-days-paperback","title":"Works of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns: Including Theogony and Works and Days - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDaryl Hine\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of the 2005 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eWorks of Hesiod and the Homeric Hymns\u003c\/i\u003e, highly acclaimed poet and translator Daryl Hine brings to life the words of Hesiod and the world of Archaic Greece. While most available versions of these early Greek writings are rendered in prose, Hine's illuminating translations represent these early classics as they originally appeared, in verse. Since prose was not invented as a literary medium until well after Hesiod's time, presenting these works as poems more closely approximates not only the mechanics but also the melody of the originals. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume includes Hesiod's \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTheogony\u003c\/i\u003e, two of the oldest non-Homeric poems to survive from antiquity. \u003ci\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/i\u003e is in part a farmer's almanac--filled with cautionary tales and advice for managing harvests and maintaining a good work ethic--and \u003ci\u003eTheogony\u003c\/i\u003e is the earliest comprehensive account of classical mythology--including the names and genealogies of the gods (and giants and monsters) of Olympus, the sea, and the underworld. Hine brings out Hesiod's unmistakable personality; Hesiod's tales of his escapades and his gritty and persuasive voice not only give us a sense of the author's own character but also offer up a rare glimpse of the everyday life of ordinary people in the eighth century BCE. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn contrast, the Homeric Hymns are more distant in that they depict aristocratic life in a polished tone that reveals nothing of the narrators' personalities. These hymns (so named because they address the deities in short invocations at the beginning and end of each) are some of the earliest examples of \u003ci\u003eepyllia\u003c\/i\u003e, or short stories in the epic manner in Greek. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume unites Hine's skillful translations of the \u003ci\u003eWorks of Hesiod\u003c\/i\u003e and the Homeric Hymns--along with Hine's rendering of the mock-Homeric epic \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of the Frogs and the Mice\u003c\/i\u003e--in a stunning pairing of these masterful classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDaryl Hine\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning poet and translator. The former editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry \u003c\/i\u003eand a MacArthur fellow\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e he has published more than a dozen volumes of his own poetry and translations, including \u003ci\u003eTheocritus: Idylls and Epigrams\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOvid's Heroides: A Verse Translation\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePuerilities: Erotic Epigrams of \u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Greek Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 230\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 7.99 x 5.71 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 15, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724529438783,"sku":"9780226329666","price":23.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/009e07539436d877ba0e18cb92f39c91.webp?v=1765102985","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/works-of-hesiod-and-the-homeric-hymns-including-theogony-and-works-and-days-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}