Thursday, April 23, 2026

Hesiod

Hesiod (8th century BCE)

“Full of ills is the earth, and full the sea.”

  • From Hesiod’s Works and Days (approximately line 100, translated by M. L. West (Oxford World Classics, 1988, 1999, 2008).

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