Theogony Works and Days by Hesiod

Author:Hesiod
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HIS002010, PHI000000, History, Ancient Greece, philosophy, Greek philosophy, Hesiod
ISBN: 9780889227248
Publisher: Talonbooks
Published: 2012-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

So said Zeus. And he, the Zeusfather of husbands and gods,

laughed out loud.

He commanded famous Hephaestus

to swiftly [60]

mix dry Earth with water,

and to place in it a human voice

and human strength,

and to make its face the likeness of an immortal goddess,

and its shape that of a beautiful and charming virgin.

Then Athena

was to teach it her own special work:

to weave the intricately patterned web.

Then golden Aphrodite

was to pour her own special grace all around its head, [65]

the grace that instills a troublesome longing,

a desire that gnaws away at your limbs.

He ordered Hermes,

Zeus’ messenger and the Slayer of Argus the monster,

to put inside it

the cunning character of animal intelligence.

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