Works and Days

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gptkbp:instanceOf didactic poetry
gptkbp:addressedTo gptkb:Perses
gptkbp:author gptkb:Hesiod
gptkbp:contains advice to Perses
myth of Pandora
myth of the Five Ages
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin Ancient Greece
gptkbp:dateWritten circa 700 BC
gptkbp:genre didactic poetry
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Works and Days
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Virgil's_Georgics
Roman didactic poetry
gptkbp:language gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:length approximately 828 lines
gptkbp:mainTheme agriculture
justice
morality
hard work
gptkbp:measures dactylic hexameter
gptkbp:notableFor description of the Five Ages of Man
earliest account of Pandora
moral exhortations
practical farming advice
gptkbp:preservedIn various ancient manuscripts
gptkbp:relatedWork gptkb:Shield_of_Heracles
gptkb:Theogony
gptkbp:setting gptkb:Boeotia
gptkbp:subject gptkb:Greek_mythology
labor
agricultural calendar
justice (Dike)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Greek_mythology
gptkb:Society_and_Solitude
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4