Hesiod and Aeschylus /

Friedrich Solmsen provides a new approach to Hesiod's personality in this book by distinguishing Hesiod's own contributions to Greek mythology and theology from the traditional aspects of his poetry. Hesiod's vision of a better world, expressed in religious language and imagery, pictu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Solmsen, Friedrich, 1904-1989
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [1995]
Series:Cornell studies in classical philology ; v. 30.
Online Access:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1813183
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword to the paperback edition
  • Preface
  • Part One: Hesiod
  • Chapter I. The theogony
  • Chapter II. The works and days
  • Part Two: Solon and Aeschylus
  • Introduction
  • Chapter I. Solon
  • Chapter II. Aeschylus : the Prometheia
  • Chapter III. Aeschylus : the Eumenides
  • Index.