Theogony / Works and Days in Bloomington, MN

C.S. Morrissey’s brilliant translations bring a modern, lyrical sensibility to
Theogony
and
Works and Days
, Hesiod’s two great poems that paved the way for subsequent achievements in Greek philosophy.
tells of the first generations of the gods and recollects how Zeus established his cosmic reign of justice.
examines the two-fold role of competition in life, what Hesiod calls “the bad strife” and “the good strife” and how they affect our struggle to maintain order in the wake of chaos and the primeval void.