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Hesiod, Works And Days, 750-759


μηδʼ ἐπʼ ἀκινήτοισι καθιζέμεν, οὐ γὰρ ἄμεινονAn axle, losing all, will bring distress.


παῖδα δυωδεκαταῖον, ὅτʼ ἀνέρʼ ἀνήνορα ποιεῖBe moderate, for everyone should take


μηδὲ δυωδεκάμηνον· ἴσον καὶ τοῦτο τέτυκται.An apt approach. When you’re in readiness


μηδὲ γυναικείῳ λουτρῷ χρόα φαιδρύνεσθαιGet married. Thirty years, or very near


ἀνέρα· λευγαλέη γὰρ ἐπὶ χρόνον ἔστʼ ἐπὶ καὶ τῷIs apt for marriage. Now, past puberty


ποινή. μηδʼ ἱεροῖσιν ἐπʼ αἰθομένοισι κυρήσαςYour bride should go four years: in the fifth year


μωμεύειν ἀίδηλα· θεός νύ τι καὶ τὰ νεμεσσᾷ.Wed her. That you may teach her modesty


μηδέ ποτʼ ἐν προχοῇς ποταμῶν ἅλαδε προρεόντωνMarry a maid. The best would be one who


μηδʼ ἐπὶ κρηνάων οὐρεῖν, μάλα δʼ ἐξαλέασθαι·Lives near you, but you must with care look round


μηδʼ ἐναποψύχειν· τὸ γὰρ οὔ τοι λώιόν ἐστιν.Lest neighbours make a laughingstock of you.


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

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1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 241-292, 294-299, 3, 300-399, 4, 400-499, 5, 500-599, 6, 600-699, 7, 700-749, 751-776, 778, 780-784, 788-789, 793-806, 813-828, 240 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

240. However, when to both the foreigner
2. Hesiod, Theogony, 337-345, 887, 918, 18 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

18. And Hebe, too, who wears a golden crest
3. Homer, Iliad, 1.9 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

1.9. /from the time when first they parted in strife Atreus' son, king of men, and brilliant Achilles.Who then of the gods was it that brought these two together to contend? The son of Leto and Zeus; for he in anger against the king roused throughout the host an evil pestilence, and the people began to perish
4. Homer, Odyssey, 6.100, 11.318 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

5. Callimachus, Aetia, 1 (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

6. Demosthenes, Against Neaera, 97 (4th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

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

8. Vergil, Aeneis, 8.70-8.78 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

8.70. within this land are men of Arcady 8.71. of Pallas' line, who, following in the train 8.72. of King Evander and his men-at-arms 8.73. built them a city in the hills, and chose 8.74. (honoring Pallas, their Pelasgian sire) 8.75. the name of Pallanteum. They make war 8.76. incessant with the Latins. Therefore call 8.77. this people to thy side and bind them close 8.78. in federated power. My channel fair


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anger, divine Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
astrology Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
authority, poetic Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
blasphemy Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
circe Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
comedy Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
contingency Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
cultic ritual practice, calendars and festivals Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
cultic ritual practice, sacrificial and festal calendars Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
demosthenes Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
didactic poetry Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
divine watchers in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
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enages, allusion to in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
eudaimonia, in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 42
euphemia, and xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
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festivals Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
food Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
hagnos, coupled with katharos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
hand-washing, ritual Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 43, 49, 107
hannah, robert Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
hecuba Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
hesiod, works and days Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
hesiod Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
hexameter (poetry) Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
icon Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
inscriptions, sacrificial calendars Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
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justice Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
kakotes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 42, 43, 49
katharos, of symposium/space Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
katharos, paired with hagnos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
katharos logos Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
kravaritou, s. Eidinow and Kindt, The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Greek Religion (2015) 537
leocrates Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
libations Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 43, 49, 107
medea Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
noos/nous, seat of purity/impurity, in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 49
orpheus Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
perses Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
philosophers on objects of prayer, in xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
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) 89
prayer, in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 42, 43, 49
rhetoric Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89
ritual Iribarren and Koning, Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy (2022) 73
rituals, funeral Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 43
river-crossing (ritualized) Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 42, 43, 49
river as divinity Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 42
sacred regulations (inscriptional) Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
sex, as source of pollution Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 43
solon Poet and Orator: A Symbiotic Relationship in Democratic Athens (2019)" 331
spitting, gods spit out prayers Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 49
symposium, in xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
theios aner in hesiod Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 42
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) 89
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
urination and purity regulations Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 41, 43
xenophanes Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 107
zeus Kirichenko, Greek Literature and the Ideal: The Pragmatics of Space from the Archaic to the Hellenistic Age (2022) 89; Petrovic and Petrovic, Inner Purity and Pollution in Greek Religion (2016) 43