Thursday, March 12, 2026

Hesiod

Hesiod (flourished c. 8th century BCE)

“Good order is best for mortal men, and bad order is worst.”

  • From Hesiod’s Works and Days (approximately between lines 462-495), translated by M. L. West (Oxford World Classics, 1988, 1999, 2008).

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