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The MouseionHesiodTheogony

Theogony

Read it with the English beside the Greek More by Hesiod

Kind of writing: Epic poetry
Dialect: Ionic/Epic
Written: 8th–7th c. BC
Length: 8,101 words analysed
Vocabulary: 53% common words
In the library: 1 Greek text, 1 English translation

The texts

Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.

Greek textHesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Evelyn-White, Hugh G., editor. London: William Heinmann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914.
English translationHesiod, The Homeric Hymns and Homerica. Evelyn-White, Hugh G., editor. London: William Heinmann; New York: The Macmillan Co., 1914.