Works and Days

Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι

Hesiod776–700 BC

First published 800 BC, written in Homeric Greek

Works and Days is a didactic poem written by ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. It is in dactylic hexameter and contains 828 lines. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts.