Work

Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι

Works and Days

Author

Language

Year

c. 700 BC

Country

Ancient Greece

Genre

Long Poem (Epic, Verse Novel, or Book-Length Poem)

Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι

Works and Days is a didactic poem written by ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. It is in dactylic hexameter and contains 828 lines. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts.

Translations

Hesiod (Theogony, Works and Days) and Theognis (Elegies)

tr. Dorothea Wender · Penguin · United Kingdom · 1973

Works and Days; and Theogony

tr. Stanley Lombardo · Hackett · United States · 1993

Theogony; Works and Days.

tr. Glenn W. Most · Harvard University Press · United States · 2006

Original Language Editions

Theogony; Works and Days.

Theogony; Works and Days.

Dual-language editionHarvard University Press · United States · 2006