Download The Poems of Hesiod Theogony Works and Days and the Shield of Herakles Hesiod Barry B Powell Books

Product details Paperback 208 pages Publisher University of California Press; First edition (August 1, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 0520292863

The Poems of Hesiod Theogony Works and Days and the Shield of Herakles Hesiod Barry B Powell Books Reviews

• All I wanted was a hardback edition of Hesiod’s poems to accompany me on a trip to Greece. What this book arrived it exceeded any expectation I had on what the edition had to offer. Alright, there was no dust jacket cover. But the hardback edition — at least the one that arrived — was printed on fancy, expensive glossy paper. There were plenty of color illustrations and maps of geographical areas mentioned in the poems. There were genealogical charts which explained who married whom and who begat whom, their children, family history, etc. This made the narrative much easier to follow. Even though we may have heard these myths a million times before, you would be surprised how confusing it is to keep all the names straight. The translation is straightforward and in plain, standard English, avoiding Victorian platitudes (“Oh, Zeus!” for example) to make the verse sound more lofty. Verbal flourishes like this is a turn-off for me. Indeed, the translation appears to stick to the original Ancient Greek.The translation succeeds in giving a compelling narrative of stories told for millennia. All and all, this is a pretty decent edition of Hesiod’s work.
• terrific ... lucid, with wonderful explanations and great pictures. highly recommended.
• I purchased this on a whim, because I've been on a mythology kick lately. It's a little hard to get into at first, but that's to be expected with translations of older works. Still, Hesiod gives a good run down of the major players in the Greek pantheon.
• I was gonna buy it but then I saw Homer's review.
  "So full of himself! Puts himself in every stanza! He should be reporting the news, not being it!"