Works and Days
quoted 13 times by 8 works · held by the library
Most often carried — quoted as a source. The locus given for each is the passage in the quoting book; the harvest records no place inside what is quoted, and nothing here pretends to.
1 reported · 12 carried
1 neutral 1 extended 2 endorsedin the voice of Philip 1 , Socrates 1
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in the voice of Philip
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Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 neutral 3 citations
Philip directly cites a specific line of Hesiod about the Pleiades and harvest timing.
" "And the precepts about sowing and reaping," said Philip, "given so magnificently by Hesiod, do they not please you?
oration 2 ¶ -
Protrepticus Clement of Alexandria 2 citations · 3 passages
Quoted for its doctrine, which Clement immediately turns to satirical use.
"For thrice ten thousand," in truth, "are upon the bountiful earth" demons — not immortal, nor yet mortal (for they have not even shared in sensation, that they might share in death), but stony and wooden masters of men, outraging and breaking faith with life through custom.
protrepticus ¶ -
The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum) Hugo Grotius 2 citations
Hesiod's line is directly quoted in Greek and attributed to him.
aut enim plane hoc negandum est, aut asseverandum non ad bonam modo, verum etiam ad optimam aemulationem fieri, iuxta Hesiodum:
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in the voice of Socrates
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Memorabilia Xenophon 2 endorsed 2 citations · 4 passages
Records the quoting and reinterpretation of Hesiod's line within the passage.
He was charged with explaining this line as an injunction to refrain from no work, dishonest or disgraceful, but to do anything for gain.
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Against Timarchus Aeschines 1 citation
Represents Hesiod being cited as poetic authority for Common Report's divinity.
and Hesiod expressly represents her as a goddess, speaking in words that are very plain to those who are willing to understand, for he says, But Common Report dies never, the voice that tongues of many men do utter.
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De legendis gentilium libris Basil of Caesarea 1 citation · 5 passages
Hesiod's verses are repeatedly invoked as authoritative textual sources across the passage.
Or with what other intent are we to suppose that Hesiod composed those verses which all men sing, than to urge the young to virtue—how the road that leads to virtue is at first rough and hard to travel, full of much sweat and toil, and steep?
de legendis gentilium libris ¶ -
Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 extended 1 citation
Hesiod's verse is quoted and its meaning extended theologically to the one true God.
"This law the son of Cronus ordained for men:
book 1 ¶ -
The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 citation · 2 passages
Matches the repeated citation of Hesiod.
There is a sentence of Hesiod that has been much praised, that opinions which have prevailed amongst many nations, must have some foundation.
book i, chapter i. ¶
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