Hesiod and Theognis (Penguin Classics): Theogony, Works and Days, and Elegies

图书标准信息

• 作者 Hesiod、Theognis 著；Dorothea Wender 译
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 1976-08
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140442830
• 定价 104.60元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 176页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

TogetherthepoetryofHesiodandTheognisoffersasuperbintroductiontothelifeandthoughtofancientGreece.Hesiod'sTheogoney(c.725BCE)isapowerfulcreationmyth:anepic,bloodytaleofdarkforces,sexandviolence,tracingthehistoryoftheworldfromprimevalChaostotheestablishmentofZeusassupremekingofthegods.Incontrast,Hesiod'sWorksandDays,writtentoadvisehisindolentbrotherPerseus,isanintriguing,sophisticatedcombinationofethicalmaxims,socialandpoliticalcommentandsuperstitiouslaw.Elegiacratherthanepic,theworksofTheognis-writtensometwocenturiesafterHesiod-includetheologicalspeculations,lovelyricsandmoraladviceforhisprotégéKurnos,reflectingthemoodsandthemesofanaristocraticpoetwhomournedachangingGreeksociety.

【作者简介】

VerylittleisknownaboutHesiodanditcannotdefinitelybeprovedthatthesamemanwroteboththeTheogonyandWorksandDays.HeprobablylivedintheeighthcenturyBC(contemporarywithHomer)inBoeotiaontheGreekmainlandTheognislivedandwrotechieflyinthesixthcenturyBC.HecamefromMegara,probablytheoneontheGreekmainland,andwasanaristocrat.Therewasapopularrevolution,inwhichhelosthisstatusandpossiblyhismoney.HeappearstohavebeenexiledandmighthavemovedtoMegarainSicily.HehadafriendcalledKurnos,thesonofPolypaos,anaristocratlikehimself.towhomhewrotenumerouspoems.DorotheaSchmidtWenderwasbornin1934inOhioandgraduatedfromRadcliffeCollege,andthenwenttotheUniversityofMinnesotaandHarvardUniversity.ShehasbeenAssociateProfessorandChairmanoftheDepartmentofClassicsatWheatonCollege,Massachusetts.Herpublicationsincludebookreviewsandscholarlyarticles.DorotheaSchmidtWenderwasbornin1934inOhioandgraduatedfromRadcliffeCollege,andthenwenttotheUniversityofMinnesotaandHarvardUniversity.ShehasbeenAssociateProfessorandChairmanoftheDepartmentofClassicsatWheatonCollege,Massachusetts.Herpublicationsincludebookreviewsandscholarlyarticles.