The Quarrel with Perses and Hesiod’s Biographical Tradition

<p>This paper attempts to explain why Hesiodic biographies consistently omit the poet's dispute with his brother Perses even though this quarrel is the dramatic setting for the <em>Works and Days</em>. I suggest that this omission is linked to ancient readings of the quarrel a...

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Main Author: Zoe Stamatopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Duke University 2016-02-01
Series:Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Online Access:http://grbs.library.duke.edu/article/view/15547