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graciegrace1178's review against another edition
4.0
4.3 stars. So THIS is where so many of the stories come from!
andromaches's review against another edition
4.0
a sensação de ler este poema era de estar lendo o antigo testamento da mitologia grega, o que não é de todo errado considerando que hesíodo desenvolveu o mito da origem do mundo dos deuses gregos, assim como a extensa árvore genealógica não apenas dos deuses, mas dos heróis e criaturas (parabenizo ele por ter citado o nome de 30 dos 6000 filhos de oceanus, é muita coisa). e eu só conseguia pensar no trecho "time eats all his children in the end" do musical ride the cyclone lendo as partes que davam a entender que a hora de destronar zeus também chegaria eventualmente, bem ominoso
jkcs's review against another edition
5.0
5 ⭐️s for Theogony not Works and Days.. that was a bit weird
dreamtokens's review against another edition
2.0
I only read Theogony, but I didn't find it very enjoyable. In fact, it's like a huge list of who's parent of who and nothing really interesting happens, but is only vaguely mentioned.
thelocalhippiereads's review against another edition
2.0
Oh brother, Theogony was a two ⭐️ just for what it was, but like, also because the writing was very…….Dull.
I enjoyed Works and Days quite a bit more because it talked about hard work and that was like the only bit of good there. Would I read this again? No. Again very dull.
I enjoyed Works and Days quite a bit more because it talked about hard work and that was like the only bit of good there. Would I read this again? No. Again very dull.
sjbozich's review against another edition
4.0
The 2 short major works of Hesiod, translated by the well regarded M. L. West back in 1988, with Notes and Intro.
"Theogony" has so many Notes (in the back of the book) on who's who it can be slow going. While some of the text is just a list and a sharirng of the family history of gods, other parts of it can be quite exciting stories.
At times "Works and Days" reads like Polonius blathering on, but it has its moments.
The bad part of the text is that while Notes refer to line numbers, there are no line numbers on the pages of text. Not handy for future references.
"Theogony" has so many Notes (in the back of the book) on who's who it can be slow going. While some of the text is just a list and a sharirng of the family history of gods, other parts of it can be quite exciting stories.
At times "Works and Days" reads like Polonius blathering on, but it has its moments.
The bad part of the text is that while Notes refer to line numbers, there are no line numbers on the pages of text. Not handy for future references.