Works and Days

by Hesiod · c. 700 BC

Hesiod counsels his idle brother on honest labor, the farmer's calendar, and the ages of man in a world where the gods watch over justice.

Books that mention Works and Days (3)

• The Art of Public Speaking by Dale Carnegie & J. Berg Esenwein: “In man speaks God. --HESIOD, _Words and Days_.”
• The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes: “I was about to write that Greek consciousness is nearing completion in the Works and Days.”
• Plutarch's Lives by Plutarch: “made the reputation of Hesiod, in the collection of maxims known as the 'Works and Days.'”