The Remains of Hesiod the Ascræan, including the Shield of Hercules

by Charles Abraham Elton

THE REMAINS

OF

HESIOD THE ASCRÆAN

INCLUDING

The Shield of Hercules,

TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH RHYME AND BLANK-VERSE;

WITH

A DISSERTATION

ON THE

LIFE AND ÆRA, THE POEMS AND MYTHOLOGY,

OF

HESIOD,

AND COPIOUS NOTES.

THE SECOND EDITION,

REVISED AND ENLARGED

BY

CHARLES ABRAHAM ELTON,

AUTHOR OF SPECIMENS OF THE CLASSIC POETS FROM HOMER TO TRYPHIODORUS.

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Ο πρέσουσ καθαρῶν γευσάμενος λιβάδων.—ΑΛΚΑΙΟΣ.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR BALDWIN, CRADOCK, AND JOY,
47 PATERNOSTER-ROW.

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1815.

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C. Baldwin, Printer,
New Bridge-street, London.

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Contents (not listed in original)

• Preface
• On the Life of Hesiod
• On the Æra of Hesiod
• On the Poems of Hesiod
• On the Mythology of Hesiod
• The Works and Days
• The Theogony
• The Shield of Hercules
• Appendix