Like peoples throughout history, the ancient Greeks maintained largely fanciful stories about how the world, animals, and humans came to be. At the core of thos

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This new and fully annotated translation by one of the world's leading authorities on Hesiod's poetry combines accuracy with readability and includes a brillian