Hesiod's Works and Days
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Hesiod's *Works and Days* is an ancient Greek didactic poem that offers moral instruction, agricultural advice, and mythological narratives, including the ages of man and the story of Prometheus and Pandora.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Works and Days | 22 |
| Hesiod's Works and Days canonical | 6 |
| Works and Days by Hesiod | 5 |
| Hesiod’s Works and Days | 4 |
| Hesiod's Works and Days, lines 106–201 | 1 |
| Hesiod’s "Works and Days" | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T156666 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hesiod's Works and Days Context triple: [Zeus, appearsIn, Hesiod's Works and Days]
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A.
Hesiod's Theogony
Hesiod's Theogony is an ancient Greek didactic poem that systematically recounts the origins and genealogies of the gods, forming a foundational work of Greek mythology.
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Hesiod
Hesiod was an early ancient Greek poet, often considered a founder of Greek didactic poetry, known for works such as the Theogony and Works and Days that shaped Greek mythology and moral thought.
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C.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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D.
Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hesiod's Works and Days Target entity description: Hesiod's *Works and Days* is an ancient Greek didactic poem that offers moral instruction, agricultural advice, and mythological narratives, including the ages of man and the story of Prometheus and Pandora.
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A.
Hesiod's Theogony
Hesiod's Theogony is an ancient Greek didactic poem that systematically recounts the origins and genealogies of the gods, forming a foundational work of Greek mythology.
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B.
Hesiod
Hesiod was an early ancient Greek poet, often considered a founder of Greek didactic poetry, known for works such as the Theogony and Works and Days that shaped Greek mythology and moral thought.
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C.
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca
Apollodorus' Bibliotheca is an ancient Greek mythographical handbook that systematically compiles and summarizes the major myths and genealogies of Greek mythology.
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D.
Treasury of the Athenians
The Treasury of the Athenians is an ancient marble building at Delphi, erected by Athens to house votive offerings and commemorate its military victories, notably at the Battle of Marathon.
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E.
Orphic Mysteries
The Orphic Mysteries were an ancient Greek religious movement centered on the mythical figure Orpheus, emphasizing personal salvation, purification rites, and a dualistic view of the soul’s imprisonment in the body.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek poem
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didactic poem ⓘ |
| addresses | Perses ⓘ |
| attributedTo |
Hesiod
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surface form:
Hesiod of Ascra
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| author | Hesiod ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
agricultural labor
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divine retribution ⓘ hard work ⓘ human suffering ⓘ justice ⓘ moral instruction ⓘ |
| containsMyth |
Ages of Man
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Myth of Pandora ⓘ Prometheus ⓘ
surface form:
Myth of Prometheus
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| countryOfOrigin |
Greek Antiquity
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surface form:
Ancient Greece
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| dateWritten | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| focusesOn | peasant farmer’s life ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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wisdom literature ⓘ |
| givesAdviceOn |
agriculture
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household management ⓘ religious observance ⓘ seafaring ⓘ seasonal work ⓘ |
| hasApproximateLength | about 800 lines ⓘ |
| includesSection |
Ages of Man
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catalogue of days ⓘ farming calendar ⓘ mythological proem ⓘ myths of Prometheus and Pandora ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek ethical thought
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Hellenistic poetry ⓘ Roman didactic poetry ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
gnomic sayings
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proverbial expressions ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poem ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Greek didactic tradition ⓘ |
| metre | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| moralStance |
condemnation of injustice
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critique of corrupt judges ⓘ praise of honest labor ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | poet addressing his brother Perses ⓘ |
| partOf |
Works of Hesiod
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surface form:
Hesiodic corpus
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| period | Archaic Greece ⓘ |
| philosophicalConcept |
Dike (justice) as divine order
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Erga (works) as human duty ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Hesiod's Theogony
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surface form:
Theogony
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| setting | Boeotia ⓘ |
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