The sources of Works and Days

Each stands at a single passage. The chapter carries the anchors.

works and days 2 sources

The Days (the sacred calendar of days ordained by Zeus) · The law/dispensation (dikē) ordained by Zeus for mankind

The harvest records where a citation is made: the paragraph in the citing book, and the chapter that paragraph stands in. It does not record which page of this book is meant. Where the citing text names a locus, you will find it in the quotation.

1. Protrepticus Clement of Alexandria 2 authority 2 citations · 3 passages

   protrepticus 3 passages anchored here

   Quoted for its doctrine, which Clement immediately turns to satirical use.

   "And the foolish learns by suffering" that superstition destroys and piety saves.

2. Orations Dio Chrysostom 1 authority · 1 refuted 2 citations · 5 passages

   oration 2 2 passages anchored here · oration 7 3 passages anchored here

   Hesiod's agricultural precepts are directly quoted-in-substance and explicitly judged not useful for kings, a refutation of their applicability.

   " "And the precepts about sowing and reaping," said Philip, "given so magnificently by Hesiod, do they not please you?

3. The Freedom of the Seas (Mare Liberum) Hugo Grotius 2 authority 2 citations

   ch. 15 · letter ii

   Hesiod is explicitly named and quoted (in Greek) as authority for the maxim on rivalry.

   aut enim plane hoc negandum est, aut asseverandum non ad bonam modo, verum etiam ad optimam aemulationem fieri, iuxta Hesiodum:

4. Memorabilia Xenophon 2 endorsed 2 citations · 4 passages

   book 1 3 passages anchored here · book 2

   Hesiod's line is explicitly quoted and, once properly interpreted by Socrates, is said to contain 'nothing amiss,' indicating the passage ultimately endorses its meaning.

   He was charged with explaining this line as an injunction to refrain from no work, dishonest or disgraceful, but to do anything for gain.

5. Against Timarchus Aeschines 1 authority 1 citation

   against timarchus

   Cited as poetic authority for the explicit divinity of Common Report, with Aeschines noting that decorous men praise these verses.

   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.

6. De legendis gentilium libris Basil of Caesarea 1 authority 1 citation · 5 passages

   de legendis gentilium libris 5 passages anchored here

   Hesiod is named directly multiple times as author of quoted or paraphrased verses used as moral authority.

   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?

7. Stromata Clement of Alexandria 1 extended 1 citation

   book 1

   Hesiod's verse on law and justice among men is quoted and its meaning extended to refer to the God of all.

   "This law the son of Cronus ordained for men:

8. The Rights of War and Peace Hugo Grotius 1 authority 1 citation · 2 passages

   book i, chapter i. 2 passages anchored here

   Hesiod is explicitly named as the source of doctrine in both paragraphs.

   There is a sentence of Hesiod that has been much praised, that opinions which have prevailed amongst many nations, must have some foundation.