Theogony and Works and Days (Royal Collector's Edition) (Annotated) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

<h2>Theogony & Works and Days: A Collector's Edition</h2> <ul> <li>A Victorian inspired dust-jacket collector's edition</li> <li>Includes Hesiod's interpretation of the origins of the world and of the gods in Theogony</li> <li>Works and Days is a poem of over 800 lines which revolves around two general truths: labour is the universal lot of Man, but he who is willing to work will get by</li> <li>The work lays out the five Ages of Man, as well as advice and wisdom</li> <li>Prescribes a life of honest labour and attacks idleness and unjust judges as well as the practice of usury</li> <li>Embedded in Greek myth, there remain fragments of quite variant tales, hinting at the rich variety of myth that once existed</li> </ul>