Able Muse - hesiod https://www.ablemuse.com/taxonomy/term/1541/1541? en The Five Races of Man https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/hesiod/the-five-races-of-man? <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(lines 109-201 of <em>Works and Days)</em></p> <p>The first race of humanity was Gold;<br> The Olympian gods created it of . . . <br /> . . . . . . . . . .</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/hesiod/the-five-races-of-man?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/poetry-translation/hesiod/the-five-races-of-man?#comments Poetry Translation a.e. stallings greek hesiod poem poetry translation the five races of man translation v17 works and days Thu, 19 Jun 2014 00:09:19 +0000 Alex Pepple 1163 at https://www.ablemuse.com Hesiod https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/hesiod? <p>Hesiod is arguably the first writer we know about as a person in Western Literature. Probably writing in the late 8th century BC, he lived in the town of Askra, in Boeotia, Greece (a place he called &ldquo;miserable in winter, vile in summer, unpleasant all the year round.&rdquo;) He was a farmer himself and won a tripod in a poetry contest. He was embroiled in a lawsuit with his wastrel brother Perses over a property inherited from their father, and complained of corrupt judges; Modern Greeks would recognize this iron-age state of affairs today.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/hesiod?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/hesiod?#comments Bios a.e. stallings author bio greek hesiod poem poems poetry poetry translation translation v17 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:59:36 +0000 Alex Pepple 1162 at https://www.ablemuse.com A.E. Stallings https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/a-e-stallings? <p>A.E. Stallings is an American poet who has lived in Greece since 1999. Her most recent collection is <em>Olives.</em> Her translation of Hesiod&rsquo;s <em>Works and Days</em> is forthcoming from Penguin Classics.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/a-e-stallings?">read more</a></p> https://www.ablemuse.com/v17/bio/a-e-stallings?#comments Bios a.e. stallings author bio greek hesiod poem poetry poetry translation translation v17 Wed, 18 Jun 2014 23:51:09 +0000 Alex Pepple 1161 at https://www.ablemuse.com