1650 – Works of Hesiod | Theogony, Works and Days, Shield of Heracles | Latin & Greek

A rare, early 17th-century printing of the works of Hesiod, a Greek poet who is thought to have been a peer of Homer. Only three surviving works have been attributed to Hesiod, of which, Theogony is the most famous. Theogony describes the origins and genealogies of the Greek gods, beginning with the first gods through the children of Zeus and the life of Prometheus. Hesiod had a profound effect on early Greek philosophy, early rhetoric, and the development out of archaic religious beliefs.

This 1650 Greek and Latin edition contains each of the three known works of Hesiod – Works and Days, Shield of Heracles, and Theogony – as well as a life of Hesiod.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hēsiodou Askraiou ta heuriskomena = Hesiodi Ascraei quae extant : cum notis, ex probatissimis quibusdam authoribus, brevissimis, selectissimisque
• Author(s): Hesiod
• Contributor(s): George Pasor (Editor); Cornelius Schrevel (Editor)
• Publisher: Lvgd. Batavorvm, Typis Francisci Hackii
• Edition: 1650 edition.
• Binding: Full leather binding
• Format: (12mo), single volume
• Size:  6.25 x 4.25 in (16 x 11 cm)
• Collation: [16], 346 pp
• Provenance: bookplate – North Library
• Contents Include:
  • Life of Hesiod
  • Theogony
  • Works and Days
  • Shield of Heracles
  • Extensive vocabulary index

Condition:

Very Good. Full leather binding tight and secure with minimal wear to corners. Pages clean and well preserved. Text complete and legible.

Why Collect This?

• Early modern Greek and Latin edition of Hesiod’s works in parallel
• Suitable for collectors of classical literature

Item Number: #50224