Hesiod

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Basic data

  1. Hēsíodos Alternative Names
  2. December 31, 700 BCE at the latest in Askra (Böotien)
  3. Dichter, Epiker
  4. Griechenland

Iconography

(Source: Wikimedia)
Hesiod and the Muse (1891), by Gustave Moreau. The poet is presented with a lyre, in contradiction to the account given by Hesiod himself in which the gift was a laurel staff. (Source: Wikimedia)
The Dance of the Muses at Mount Helicon by Bertel Thorvaldsen (1807). Hesiod cites inspiration from the Muses while on Mount Helicon. (Source: Wikimedia)
Modern Mount Helicon. Hesiod once described his nearby hometown, Ascra, as "cruel in winter, hard in summer, never pleasant." (Source: Wikimedia)
Vignette for Hesiodi Ascraei quaecumque exstant (1701) (Source: Wikimedia)
Opening lines of Works and Days in a 16th-century manuscript (Source: Wikimedia)
Ancient bronze bust, the so-called Pseudo-Seneca, now conjectured to be an imaginative portrait of Hesiod.[44] (Source: Wikimedia)
Monnus mosaic from the end of the 3rd century AD. The figure is identified by the name ESIO-DVS (Hesiod). (Source: Wikimedia)
Title to an edition of Hesiod's Carmina (1823) (Source: Wikimedia)
Bildnis Hesiodos, Matthäus Merian (der Ältere) - 1642 (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
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Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)
Hesiodus,  (Quelle: Digitaler Portraitindex)

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