Neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men. - Hesiod

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Neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.

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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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Ἠδ᾽ Ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι,
λυσιμελής, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν.
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