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Hesiod

he·siod

UK/ˈhiː.si.əd/ US/ˈhɛs.i.əd/ uncommon

noun

1.

Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)

Origin

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin Hēsiodus, from Ancient Greek Ἡσίοδος (Hēsíodos).

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