Work and Time is the first real-life poem handed down from ancient Greece. It was written by Hersiode (8th-7th century BC), and its main works include Work and Time and Divine Spectrum. Various religious festivals in ancient Greece and auspicious days in different jobs were recorded in detail. Finally, the poet concluded that before the immortal gods, the work of a wise man is blameless, because he knows good omen, so he can avoid crime. This work has an epic genre, but it can actually be said to be a collection of moral aphorisms and an agricultural almanac. The style is fresh and natural, simple and concise.
Hersiod (ancient Greek:? σ? οδο? , English: Hesiod) is an ancient Greek poet, originally from Asia Minor, who was born in the village of Askla in Bisia, Greece. Since he was a child, he lived by self-cultivation. He may have lived in the eighth century. Since the 5th century, literary historians have been arguing about who lived earlier, Hersiod or Homer. Today, most historians think that Hersiod lived earlier.
Hersiod lives in Boeotia, and he often goes to Mt Helicon, which is the residence of the muse according to Greek mythology. Hesiod himself said that one day when he was herding sheep, the muse gave him the ability to write poems.
little is known about the details of his life, and most of them come from his poems. In his poem "Work and Time", he said that he and his brother filed a lawsuit for the inheritance, and he lost (although some scholars think this story is made up). After that, he lived a stable and well-off life. He never traveled far in his life, and he was a self-satisfied person. Litigation became a metaphor for moral description in his long poems. In addition, he said that he had participated in a poet competition in Karl Seuss and won a tripod. Plutarch realized that he connected his real life with his creation here: about 75 years ago, a war broke out between Karl Seuss and Eretria, in which Hersiod played a hero of Karl Seuss. Later poets made up the story of his competition with Homer on this story.