Theogony and Works and Days
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Theogony and Works and Days
| Author | Hesiod |
|---|---|
| Recommended | 2 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Hesiod’s two short Greek poems from around 700 BC: the Theogony, a genealogy of the gods from Chaos to the rule of Zeus, and Works and Days, a farmer’s poem about honest labour, the agricultural calendar and justice. Together, the earliest surviving Greek account of how the world was ordered and how a person is supposed to live in it. |
Theogony and Works and Days
Where I heard about it
- University of Austin — assigned in Chaos and Civilization on its Fall 2025 reading list (November 2025). The Theogony is the literal text the course title comes from — it begins with Chaos and ends with a settled order. Full curriculum: UATX Fall Reading List.
- Dissident Teacher — on A Library to Build Great Americans, a 468-title curriculum published on Substack in December 2025, in the Ages 13–99+ band under Poetry at Lexile 1280 (spelled “Theogeny” there). Full roster: A Library to Build Great Americans.
About this edition
Works and Days is addressed to Hesiod’s brother Perses and covers, besides work and the calendar, the ages of man. Pairing it with the Theogony puts the cosmic story and the daily discipline of work in the same book.
Connections
- UATX Fall Reading List — the curriculum this is assigned in.
- A Library to Build Great Americans — the second curriculum that recommends it.
- Hesiod — the author.
- Poetry — the form, and the genre bucket the second list files it under.
- Classics — the tradition; Hesiod sits beside Homer as its other origin point.
- Religion — the Theogony is a theogony: an account of where the gods came from.
What links here
Curated by Kyle Harrison. Organized by Claude. Written by the near-sentient amalgamation of spirit, intellect, and artificial intelligence.