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Hesiod, Works And Days, 480-489


ἥμενος ἀμήσεις ὀλίγον περὶ χειρὸς ἐέργωνIt will be simple then for you to say


ἀντία δεσμεύων κεκονιμένος, οὐ μάλα χαίρων“Bring me my oxen and my wagon too”


οἴσεις δʼ ἐν φορμῷ· παῦροι δέ σε θηήσονται.And it is also easy to reject


ἄλλοτε δʼ ἀλλοῖος Ζηνὸς νόος αἰγιόχοιοA friend and say “They have their work to do


ἀργαλέος δʼ ἄνδρεσσι καταθνητοῖσι νοῆσαι.My oxen.” Merely mind-rich men expect


εἰ δέ κεν ὄψʼ ἀρόσῃς, τόδε κέν τοι φάρμακον εἴη·Their wagon’s made already, foolish men.


ἦμος κόκκυξ κοκκύζει δρυὸς ἐν πετάλοισιThey don’t know that a hundred boards they’ll need.


τὸ πρῶτον, τέρπει δὲ βροτοὺς ἐπʼ ἀπείρονα γαῖανGet all you need together and then, when


τῆμος Ζεὺς ὕοι τρίτῳ ἤματι μηδʼ ἀπολήγοιThe ploughing term commences, with all speed


μήτʼ ἄρʼ ὑπερβάλλων βοὸς ὁπλὴν μήτʼ ἀπολείπων·You and your slaves, set out and plough straight through


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

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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 241-479, 481-776, 778, 780-784, 788-789, 793-806, 813-828, 240 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

240. However, when to both the foreigner
2. Demosthenes, Against Neaera, 97 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

3. Demosthenes, On The Crown, 267 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)



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astrology Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
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demosthenes Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
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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
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gifts Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 84
hannah, robert Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
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hyades, the Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 85
inscriptions, sacrificial calendars Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
justice Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 84, 85, 86
kravaritou, s. Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
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poetic quotations Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
poetry, and aristocratic power Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 84, 85, 86
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solon Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
time, calendars' Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
timeliness Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 84, 85, 86
tragedy Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
trümpy, c. Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
utopia Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 84