HESIOD AND THEOGNIS

176 Pages·1873·10.088 MB·English

by  Rev.W.L.COLLINS

Ancient Classicsfor English Readers
EDITED BY THE
REV. W. LUCAS COLLIInS, M.A.
HESIOD AND THEOGNIS
CONTENTS OF THE SERIES.
HOMER: THE ILIAD, .' . . . By the Editor.
HOMER: THE OD.YS.SEY., . . By the Same.
HERODOT.US,.....By George C. Swayne, M.A.
CAESAR, By Anthony Trollope.
VIRGIL By the Editor.
HORACE, .By Theodore Martin.
. . . .
.AESCHYLUS, By the Right Rev. the Bishop of Colombo.
XENOPHON, . . By Sir Alex. Grant, Bart., LL.D.
CICERO ... By the Editor.
SOPHOCLES, By Clifton W. Collins, M.A.
PLINY By A..Chu.rch., M.A., and W. J. Brodribb, M.A.
EURIPIDES By William Bodham Donne.
JUVENAL, . . . . By Edwa.rBd yWalford, M.A.
ARISTOPHANES,. . . . . the Editor.
HESIOD AND THEOGNIS, Byt.he.Re.v.James Davies, M.A.
PLAUTUS AN.D.TE.REN.CE, By the Editor.
TACITUS, .....By.Wi.lliam Bodham Donne.
LUCIAN, By the Editor.
PLATO By Clifton W. Collins.
THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY, . . .By Lord Neaves.
LIVY By the Editor.
OVID, By the Rev. A. Church, M.A.
CATULLUS,TIBULLUS,& PROPERTIUS, ByJ. Davies,M.A.
DEMOSTHENE.S,.. .. By the Rev. W. J. Brodribb, M.A.
ARISTOTLE, By Sir Alex. Grant, Bart., LL.D.
THUCYDIDES, By the Editor.
LUCRETIUS,... .. . . By W. H. Mallock, M.A.
PINDAR, By the Rev. F. D. Morice, M.A.
HESIOD AND THEOGNIS
BY THE
REV. JAMES DAVIES, M.A.
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VI PREFACE.
nearest to him in claims of antiquity, evenif we grant
that his style is less interesting, and his matter not so
attractive. Indeed oneargumentfor including Hesiod
in the serie^ of 'Ancient Classics forEnglishHeaders'
may be found in the fact that nine Out of twelve stu-
dents finish their classical course with but the vaguest
acquaintancewithhisremains. Such, therefore, ought
to be as thankful as the unlearned for an idea of
what he actually or probably wrote. And it is this
which the larger portion of this volume endeavours
to supply. The poet's life has been compiled from
ancient and modern biographies with a constant eye
to the internal evidenceofhis extant poetry,forwhich
the editions of Paley, Goettling, and Dubner, have
been chiefly studied. For illustrative quotation, use
has been chiefly made of the English versions of
Elton, good for the most part, and, as regards the
Theogony, almost Miltonic. For the 'Works and
Days,' the little-known version of the Elizabethan
GeorgeChapman abiographicalraritymadeaccessible
by Mr Hooper's edition in J. E. Smith's Library of
Old Authors has been here and there pressed into
A
our service. parallel or two to Hesiod's 'Shield of
Hercules,' from Homer's Shield of Achilles, belong to
an unpublished version by Mr Eichard Garnett. But
to no student of Hesiod are so many thanks due as to
Mr F. A. Paley, whose notes have been ofthe utmost
use, as the most successfulattempt to unravelHesiodic
PREFACE.
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difficulties and incongruities. Whatever difference of
opinion may exist upon his views as to the date and
authorship of the Homeric epics, there can be none as
to the high value ofhis edition of Hesiod, which may
rank with his iEschylus, Euripides, and Propertius.
For the three chapters about Theognis, which com-
plete this volume, the translation and arrangement of
Mr JohnHookhamFrerehave been usedandfollowed.
In some instances, where Gaisford's text seemed to
discourage freedom ofparaphrase, the editor has fallen
back upon his own more literal versions. On the
whole, however,the debt ofTheognis to MrHookham
Frere, for acting as his exponent to English readers,
cannot be over-estimated and we tender our thanks
;
to his literary executors for permission to avail our-
selves of his acute and lively versions. These are
marked F. Those of Elton and Chapman in Hesiod
are designated by the letters E and C respectively,
and the editor's alternative versions by the letter
D
affixed to them.
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CONTENTS.
HESIOD.
PAOl
CHAP. I. THE LIFE OF HESIOD, . 1
II. THE WORKS AND DAYS, 21
III. hesiod's PROVERB.IAL.PHI.LOSO.PHY, 56
IV. THE THEOGONY, 70
V. THE SHIELD OF HERCULES, 95
VI. IMITATORS OF HESIOD, 111
THEOGNIS.
CHAP. I. THEOGNIS IN YOUTHAND P.ROSP.ERIT.Y, ., 129
n II. THEOGNIS IN OPPOSITION, 141
m III. THEOGNIS IN EXILE, . , , , 154