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... Hesiod . This relationship with Hesiod , twice referred to by Callimachus , is surprising ; Hesiod is an epic poet , while in the Aitia we have elegiac verse . It is plainly seen that the verse form is of little consequence to the ...
... Hesiod . This relationship with Hesiod , twice referred to by Callimachus , is surprising ; Hesiod is an epic poet , while in the Aitia we have elegiac verse . It is plainly seen that the verse form is of little consequence to the ...
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... Hesiod's similarly continued into the fifth century . But in this instance a clear dis- tinction between the Theogony of Hesiod and the gene- alogical poetry connected with it was not drawn as it was in the case of epic poetry between ...
... Hesiod's similarly continued into the fifth century . But in this instance a clear dis- tinction between the Theogony of Hesiod and the gene- alogical poetry connected with it was not drawn as it was in the case of epic poetry between ...
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... Hesiod , whom Aristotle had overlooked in his Poetics , but who had always been considered one of the first of Hellenic poets . The Hellenists deliberately made Hesiod equal , if not superior , to Homer . The same Callimachus who waged ...
... Hesiod , whom Aristotle had overlooked in his Poetics , but who had always been considered one of the first of Hellenic poets . The Hellenists deliberately made Hesiod equal , if not superior , to Homer . The same Callimachus who waged ...
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