Hesiod's Cosmos

List of contents

Introduction; 1. Orientations: the Theogony; 2. Orientations: the Works and Days; 3. Overtures; 4. The origins of mankind; 5. The two Prometheuses; 6. Perspectives on gods and men; 7. Hybrids; Conclusion.

About the author

Jenny Strauss Clay is Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. She is the author of The Wrath of Athena (1983; 0691065748) and The Politics of Olympus (1989; 0691067759).

Summary

In the Theogony and the Works and Days Hesiod provides the earliest systematic and comprehensive account of the genesis of the Greek gods and the nature of human life. Hesiod's Cosmos argues for reading the two poems as complementary halves of a whole embracing the divine and human cosmos.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Strauss Clay, Jenny Strauss Clay
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.01.2018
• EAN: 9780521823920
• ISBN: 978-0-521-82392-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history