Reviews
The translations in themselves have the pleasing flow, sound, rhythm, and idiom of good English poetry even though... they follow the original Greek text line by line and adhere closely to its literal meaning.
Athanassakis provides a readable and stimulating English version... [and] displays a good command of Hesiodic scholarship.
Athanassakis's notes are informative and interesting, full of cross references to the ancient sources and comparisons to Biblical, Norse, and other sources. His anthropological interest includes and indeed highlights modern Greece... I found his translation of epithets refreshing and intriguing.
Book Details
Preface
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
The Theogony
Theogony
Notes
The Works and Days
Works and Days
Notes
The Shield
Shield
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index