Work and Days
Work and the Days (in Greek old Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι / Érga kaì Hêmérai ) is a Greek poem of Hésiode writes in hexameters dactylic and undoubtedly dating from the end of eighth century BC
Hésiode tells there the history of Prométhée and Pandore, the five successive races of humanity (gold, money, bronze, race of the heroes then iron), the fable of the Faucon and the Rossignol (the falcon representing the king, and the nightingale the poet) and finally the vision of two cities, that of justice, Δίκη / Díkê and the opposed city, Ὕϐρις / Hýbris , disproportion.
It gives also a description of the agricultural work on the arid grounds of its native land and it is presented in the form of a precise timetable of the year of a farmer by including councils on agriculture: tools, care of the animals, cultures, etc a section describing the rigor of the winter in the mountains of Greece is particularly remarkable. It finishes the account by predicting that at the end, the man of justice becomes rich, while that of disproportion loses all. Hésiode is the prophet of the iron race, which it makes succeed the race of the Heroes.
The text contains with three resumptions of the autobiographical elements.
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