Didactic poem · 1815

Works and Days

by Hesiod

Translated by Charles Abraham Elton (2nd ed., 1815)

Elton’s rhymed-couplet version of Hesiod’s poem of advice to his brother Perses, with the myths of Pandora and the Five Ages, farming lore and a calendar of days.

Contents · 6 parts

• Part Iabout 200 lines
• Part IIabout 180 lines
• Part IIIabout 190 lines
• Part IVabout 180 lines
• Part Vabout 200 lines
• Part VIabout 170 lines

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