A Comparative Study of Hesiod and Pindar

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Excerpt from A Comparative Study of Hesiod and Pindar: A ThesisIt would be hard to find in all classic literature two poets who apparently are more dissimilar. They represent the two extremes of Greek poetry.Hesiod was born a peasant, with the peasants he lived, and for them he wrote. His poetry rarely rises to poetic heights, but he uttered plain, sober thoughts in a plain, sober way.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.