Hesiod: Theogony

The first modern edition of this seminal work, providing all the linguistic, textual, metrical, and literary material required by students.

Jenny Strauss Clay (Edited by), Athanassios Vergados (Edited by)

9781107097384, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 December 2025

420 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2.4 cm, 0.633 kg

Hesiod was and is regarded as one of the founding figures of Greek literature and culture, alongside Homer, and his Theogony is the first extant attempt to give an account of the whole, of the gods and of the cosmos, how it came to be, from what, and how it achieved its present state. Strong parallels can be identified between it and various myths and texts from the ancient Near East. Moreover, it was highly influential on subsequent Greek and Latin literature and philosophy. This, the first modern commentary in over half a century, includes all the necessary linguistic, textual, metrical, and literary material that will allow students to understand and enjoy the Theogony and its place in the literary tradition. It is intended primarily for advanced undergraduates and graduate students but will also be considered valuable by scholars of Greek literature and thought.

List of figures
Preface
Note on abbreviations and editions
Ἡσιόδου Θεογονία
Commentary
Works cited
Genealogical charts
Indices.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]