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TogetherthepoetryofHesiodandTheognisoffersasuperbintroductiontothelifeandthoughtofancientGreece.Hesiod'sTheogoney(c.725BCE)isapowerfulcreationmyth:anepic,bloodytaleofdarkforces,sexandviolence,tracingthehistoryoftheworldfromprimevalChaostotheestablishmentofZeusassupremekingofthegods.Incontrast,Hesiod'sWorksandDays,writtentoadvisehisindolentbrotherPerseus,isanintriguing,sophisticatedcombinationofethicalmaxims,socialandpoliticalcommentandsuperstitiouslaw.Elegiacratherthanepic,theworksofTheognis-writtensometwocenturiesafterHesiod-includetheologicalspeculations,lovelyricsandmoraladviceforhisprotégéKurnos,reflectingthemoodsandthemesofanaristocraticpoetwhomournedachangingGreeksociety.
作者简介
VerylittleisknownaboutHesiodanditcannotdefinitelybeprovedthatthesamemanwroteboththeTheogonyandWorksandDays.HeprobablylivedintheeighthcenturyBC(contemporarywithHomer)inBoeotiaontheGreekmainlandTheognislivedandwrotechieflyinthesixthcenturyBC.HecamefromMegara,probablytheoneontheGreekmainland,andwasanaristocrat.Therewasapopularrevolution,inwhichhelosthisstatusandpossiblyhismoney.HeappearstohavebeenexiledandmighthavemovedtoMegarainSicily.HehadafriendcalledKurnos,thesonofPolypaos,anaristocratlikehimself.towhomhewrotenumerouspoems.DorotheaSchmidtWenderwasbornin1934inOhioandgraduatedfromRadcliffeCollege,andthenwenttotheUniversityofMinnesotaandHarvardUniversity.ShehasbeenAssociateProfessorandChairmanoftheDepartmentofClassicsatWheatonCollege,Massachusetts.Herpublicationsincludebookreviewsandscholarlyarticles.DorotheaSchmidtWenderwasbornin1934inOhioandgraduatedfromRadcliffeCollege,andthenwenttotheUniversityofMinnesotaandHarvardUniversity.ShehasbeenAssociateProfessorandChairmanoftheDepartmentofClassicsatWheatonCollege,Massachusetts.Herpublicationsincludebookreviewsandscholarlyarticles.