‘Mere bellies’?: A new look atTheogony26–8

Journal of Hellenic Studies 120:122-131 (2000)
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Abstract

One of the most famous scenes in classical literature is theDichterweiheat the beginning of theTheogony: when Hesiod was tending his sheep below Mount Helicon, the Muses approached him, provided him with a staff and a divine voice, and told him to sing of the blessed, everlasting gods.

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