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'''Hesiod''' was a [[Greek]] [[poet]] who flourished in the 7th century B.C. and is best known for his 800-verse poem, ''Works and Days''. He came from Boeotia, a region in central Greece. Little is known about his life.
'''Hesiod''' was a [[Greek]] [[poet]] who flourished in the 7th century B.C. and is best known for his 800-verse poem, ''Works and Days''. He came from Boeotia, a region in central Greece. Little is known about his life.
However, we do know certain things from Hesiod himself:
*His father found living and trading on the coast of Asia Minor unprofitable and moved to Boeotia to farm before Hesiod was born.
*He became a poet on the advice of a Muse he heard whilst tending sheep.
*He once won a tripod in a poetry contest in Chalcis.
*On his father's death his brother, Perses, claimed more of their inheritance than he should have and got away with it by bribery.
*He once met Homer (that one is certainly false).
He died in either Locris or Boeotia. His verse is from the same oral tradition as Homer's but from a later stage in its development.
[[Category:Poetry]]
[[Category:Poetry]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Ancient Greece]]