Greek Myth I: Hesiod’s Works & Days, Or Meet Greece’s Grumpy Cat

Posted byTriumvir ClioPosted inGreek Myth, The Greeks

In Works & Days, we get a little bit of mythology and a lot of Hesiod’s personality.

Discussion Prompts
  1. What do you think of Hesiod?
  2. What do you think about the races of man? Are we still in Hesiod’s Iron Age? If not, how would you describe the age today and how many other ages have there been between Hesiod and today?
  3. What do you think about Pandora?
  4. Why is Hope still in Pandora’s jar? What does that mean?
  5. Donald Wasson says Hesiod “disliked city people, the sea, women, gossip, and laziness.” What else do you think Hesiod dislikes? Is there anything he likes?

Published by Triumvir Clio

I have a BA in History and Classical Civilization from Loyola University Chicago and an MPH from Western Michigan University. I've been a geometry teacher, a religion teacher, a writing tutor. I'm a writer, a knitter, a dancer, a singer, an actor. And, yes, for fun I like to reread everything that was assigned while getting my classics degree.

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