Hesiod: Works and Days (Greek didactic-epic tradition, c. 8th–7th century BCE)

1. Hesiod composes *Works and Days*

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Hesiod, Works and

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

2. The poem opens by urging just judgment

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Works and, Corrupt leaders

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

3. Hesiod introduces the “two Strifes”

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Two Strifes, Eris

   • Philopedia

4. Prometheus myth links sacrifice to human hardship

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Prometheus, Sacrifice myth

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

5. Pandora story explains the spread of evils

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Pandora, Pandora myth

   • Britannica
   • Britannica Pandora

6. Five Ages myth frames moral decline over time

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Ages of, Five Ages

   • Britannica
   • Ages of Man

7. The poem shifts from myth to work ethic

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Work ethic, Ergon

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

8. Seasonal farming calendar organizes the rural year

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Farming calendar, Agricultural almanac

   • Britannica
   • World History

9. Advice expands to seafaring and household prudence

   Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Seafaring advice, Household prudence

   • Britannica
   • Philopedia

10. The poem concludes with “days” and taboos

    Jan 1, 700 BCELabels: Auspicious days, Taboos

    • Britannica
    • Britannica Hesiod

11. Aldine Press prints an early Greek edition

    Jan 1, 1496Labels: Aldine Press, Aldus Manutius

    • Aldine file
    • Editio princeps

12. Loeb Classical Library publishes Evelyn-White translation

    Jan 1, 1914Labels: Loeb Classical, Evelyn-White

    • Theoi Loeb
    • Loeb history

13. M. L. West publishes a major modern edition

    Jan 1, 1978Labels: M L, Clarendon Press

    • Cambridge review
    • OUP Worlds