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Hesiod, Works And Days, 293-295


οὗτος μὲν πανάριστος, ὃς αὐτὸς πάντα νοήσῃIf one should know and publicize what’s right


φρασσάμενος, τά κʼ ἔπειτα καὶ ἐς τέλος ᾖσιν ἀμείνω·Far-seeing Zeus repays him with a store


ἐσθλὸς δʼ αὖ κἀκεῖνος, ὃς εὖ εἰπόντι πίθηται·Of wealth, but if one swears false oaths outright


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

10 results
1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 10, 117-119, 176-177, 19, 2, 231, 237, 274-292, 294-299, 3, 300-399, 4, 400-499, 5, 500-599, 6, 600-616, 7-8, 826-828, 9, 91, 1 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1. Pierian Muses, with your songs of praise
2. Hesiod, Theogony, 27-28, 521-534, 26 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

26. of Helicon, and in those early day
3. Homer, Odyssey, 24.485-24.486 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

4. Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 177, 1564 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

1564. παθεῖν τὸν ἔρξαντα· θέσμιον γάρ. 1564. q type=
5. Aeschylus, Eumenides, 996-997, 313 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

313. τὸν μὲν καθαρὰς χεῖρας προνέμοντʼ
6. Pindar, Isthmian Odes, 2.11 (6th cent. BCE - 5th cent. BCE)

7. Plato, Protagoras, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

8. Xenophon, Memoirs, 1.2.1, 2.1.20, 2.1.26, 2.1.29, 2.1.33-2.1.34 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

1.2.1. No less wonderful is it to me that some believed the charge brought against Socrates of corrupting the youth. In the first place, apart from what I have said, in control of his own passions and appetites he was the strictest of men; further, in endurance of cold and heat and every kind of toil he was most resolute; and besides, his needs were so schooled to moderation that having very little he was yet very content. 2.1.20. Moreover, indolence and present enjoyment can never bring the body into good condition, as trainers say, neither do they put into the soul knowledge of any value, but strenuous effort leads up to good and noble deeds, as good men say. And so says Hesiod somewhere: Hes. WD 285 Wickedness can be had in abundance easily: smooth is the road and very nigh she dwells. But in front of virtue the gods immortal have put sweat: long and steep is the path to her and rough at first; but when you reach the top, then at length the road is easy, hard though it was. Hes. WD 285 And we have the testimony of Epicharmus too in the line: The gods demand of us toil as the price of all good things. Epicharmus And elsewhere he says: Knave, yearn not for the soft things, lest thou earn the hard. Epicharmus 2.1.26. Now when Heracles heard this, he asked, Lady, pray what is your name? My friends call me Happiness, she said, but among those that hate me I am nicknamed Vice. 2.1.29. And Vice, as Prodicus tells, answered and said: Heracles, mark you how hard and long is that road to joy, of which this woman tells? but I will lead you by a short and easy road to happiness. And Virtue said: 2.1.33. To my friends meat and drink bring sweet and simple enjoyment: for they wait till they crave them. And a sweeter sleep falls on them than on idle folk: they are not vexed at awaking from it, nor for its sake do they neglect to do their duties. The young rejoice to win the praise of the old; the elders are glad to be honoured by the young; with joy they recall their deeds past, and their present well-doing is joy to them, for through me they are dear to the gods, lovely to friends, precious to their native land. And when comes the appointed end, they lie not forgotten and dishonoured, but live on, sung and remembered for all time. O Heracles, thou son of goodly parents, if thou wilt labour earnestly on this wise, thou mayest have for thine own the most blessed happiness. 2.1.34. Such, in outline, is Prodicus’ story of the training of Heracles by Virtue; only he has clothed the thoughts in even finer phrases than I have done now. But anyhow, Aristippus, it were well that you should think on these things and try to show some regard for the life that lies before you.
9. Xenophon, Symposium, 4.34 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

4.34. Come, now, Antisthenes, said Socrates , take your turn and tell us how it is that with such slender means you base your pride on wealth. Because, sirs, I conceive that people’s wealth and poverty are to be found not in their real estate but in their hearts.
10. Plutarch, Aristides, 25.7-25.8 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)



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aeschylus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
agamemnon Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
alcaeus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
appraisal theory de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
archilochus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
aretē/-a (virtue, excellence), in prodicus heracles story Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 200
athena Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
audience de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161
blend of cognition and emotion de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
callinus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
characterization de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161
comedy Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
daimones, and socrates Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
democritus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
demosthenes Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
dikê Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
drama Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
emotional (mimetic) contagion de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161
emotions, admiration/awe de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
emotions, anger/rage de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161, 163
emotions, disappointment de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
emotions, joy de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
emotions, love/passion de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161, 163
emotions, sorrow de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
eris/eris/strife/strife Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 281
eris Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155
eudaimonia/-ē Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
eudaimonism, socratic Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
euripides Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
golden age Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155
hecuba Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
hesiod, on zeus Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 96
hesiod, paths to vice and virtue Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 200
hesiod, the muses address Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 96
hesiod, the proem to the works and days Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 96
hesiod Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155; Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7; de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161, 163
io Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155
labor, in hesiod Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155
leocrates Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
narratee de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 161
pain/suffering de Bakker, van den Berg, and Klooster, Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond (2022) 163
pandora Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155; Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 281
perses Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155; Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 281
pindar Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
poetic quotations Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
poverty, of socrates Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
prayer' Tor, Mortal and Divine in Early Greek Epistemology (2017) 96
prodicus, heracles choice story Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 200
prodicus Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 200
prometheus Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155
socrates, poverty of Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
solon Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
thymos Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
tragedy Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
tyrtaeus Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
wealth, socratic view Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 181
wealth Liatsi, Ethics in Ancient Greek Literature: Aspects of Ethical Reasoning from Homer to Aristotle and Beyond (2021) 7
xenophon, as source for prodicus Wolfsdorf, Early Greek Ethics (2020) 200
zeus Gale, Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition (2000) 155