But the rest, countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils and the sea is full. - Hesiod

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But the rest, countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils and the sea is full.

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About Hesiod

Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.

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Native Name: Ἡσίοδος
Alternative Names: Hesiodus • Hesiod of Ascra
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Οὗτος μὲν πανάριστος, ὃς αὐτὸς πάντα νοήσει,
φρασσάμενος, τά κ᾽ ἔπειτα καὶ ἐς τέλος ᾖσιν ἀμείνω·
ἐσθλὸς δ᾽ αὖ καὶ κεῖνος, ὃς εὖ εἰπόντι πίθηται·
ὃς δέ κε μήτ᾽ αὐτὸς νοέῃ μήτ᾽ ἄλλου ἀκούων
ἐν θυμῷ βάλληται, ὁ δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἀχρῄος ἀνήρ.
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