{"product_id":"hesiod-and-theognis-theogony-works-and-days-and-elegies-paperback","title":"Hesiod and Theognis: Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHesiod\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTheognis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDorothea Wender\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eVery little is known about \u003cb\u003eHesiod\u003c\/b\u003e and it cannot definitely be proved that the same man wrote both the \u003cb\u003eTheogony \u003c\/b\u003eand \u003cb\u003eWorks and Days\u003c\/b\u003e. He probably lived in the eighth century BC (contemporary with Homer) in Boeotia on the Greek mainland. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheognis\u003c\/b\u003e lived and wrote chiefly in the sixth century BC. He came from Megara, probably the one on the Greek mainland, and was an aristocrat. There was a popular revolution, in which he lost his status and possibly his money. He appears to have been exiled and might have moved to Megara in Sicily. He had a friend called Kurnos, the son of Polypaos, an aristocrat like himself. to whom he wrote numerous poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDorothea Schmidt Wender\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1934 in Ohio and graduated from Radcliffe College, and then went to the University of Minnesota and Harvard University. She has been Associate Professor and Chairman of the Department of Classics at Wheaton College, Massachusetts. Her publications include book reviews and scholarly articles.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.43 x 7.73 x 5.07 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 26, 1976\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753845260576,"sku":"9780140442830","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c49a7aded62892dc3e542ef3fcb03076.webp?v=1780028306","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/hesiod-and-theognis-theogony-works-and-days-and-elegies-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}