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  1. The Contest of Homer and Hesiod (Greek: Ἀγὼν Oμήρου καὶ Ἡσιόδου, Latin: Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi or simply Certamen) is a Greek narrative that expands a remark made in Hesiod 's Works and Days

    Works and Days

    The Works and Days is a didactic poem of some 800 lines written by the ancient Greek poet Hesiod around 700 BC. At its center, the Works and Days is a farmer's almanac in which Hesiod instructs his brother Perses in the agricultural arts.

    to construct an imagined poetical agon

    Agon

    Agon is an ancient Greek term for a struggle or contest. This could be a contest in athletics, in chariot or horse racing, or in music or literature at a public festival in ancient Greece. Agon is the word-forming element in 'agony', explaining the concept of agon(y) in tragedy by its fundamental characters, the protagonist and antagonist.

    between Homer and Hesiod.
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    Did Hesiod ever win a poetry contest?
    In Works and Days, Hesiod (without mentioning Homer) claims he won a poetry contest, receiving as the prize a tripod, which he dedicated to the Muses of Mount Helicon.
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    Who was the judge in the contest between Homer and Hesiod?
    The leading Chalcidians were judges together with Paneides, the brother of the dead king; and it is said that after a wonderful contest between the two poets, Hesiod won in the following manner: he came forward into the midst and put Homer one question after another, which Homer answered. Hesiod, then, began:
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    What is the winning passage In Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi?
    In Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi the winning passage that Hesiod selects is the passage from Works and Days that begins, "When the Pleiades arise..." The judge, who is the brother of the late Amphidamas, awards the prize to Hesiod.
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    Why did Hesiod dedicate his tripod to the Muses of Helicon?
    `Hesiod dedicated this tripod to the Muses of Helicon after he had conquered divine Homer at Chalcis in a contest of song.' After the gathering was dispersed, Hesiod crossed to the mainland and went to Delphi to consult the oracle and to dedicate the first fruits of his victory to the god.
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    The Contest of Homer and Hesiod (Greek: Ἀγὼν Oμήρου καὶ Ἡσιόδου, Latin: Certamen Homeri et Hesiodi or simply Certamen ) is a Greek narrative that expands a remark made in Hesiod's Works and Days to construct an imagined poetical agon between Homer and Hesiod. In Works and … See more

    The Certamen itself is clearly of the second century A.D., for it mentions Hadrian (line 33). Friedrich Nietzsche deduced that it must have an earlier precedent in some form, and argued that it derived from the … See more

    1. ^ Conventionally Greek works did not bear titles; the application of a Latin title to Greek works is an ancient tradition: this Latin title was applied in the Renaissance and is a shortened version of the title in the Greek: Concerning Homer and Hesiod and their descent … See more

    The site of the contest is Chalcis, in Euboea. Hesiod tells (Works and Days lines 725-730) that the only time he took passage in a ship was when he went from Aulis to Chalcis, to take part … See more

    One modern edition of the Greek text is in volume 5 of T.W. Allen's Oxford Classical Text of Homer (1912).
    An edition with Greek text and English translation (on facing pages) by Hugh Evelyn-White was published in 1914 as part of the Loeb … See more

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  4. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/classical...

    WebFeb 11, 2009 · The Contest of Homer and Hesiod Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 February 2009 M. L. West Article Metrics Save PDF Cite Rights & …

    • Author: M. L. West
    • Publish Year: 1967
  5. Lesches and the Contest between Homer and Hesiod

    https://classics-at.chs.harvard.edu/lesches-and...

    WebBased on a reading in some of the manuscripts, some scholars have suggested that Lesches features here as the narrator of the story of the contest between Homer and …

  6. https://sacred-texts.com/cla/homer/homrhes.htm

    WebEveryone boasts that the most divine of poets, Homer and Hesiod, are said to be his particular countrymen. Hesiod, indeed, has put a name to his native place and so

  7. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41722535

    WebTHE CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD AND THE AMBITIONS OF HADRIAN 123 Roman emperor in the frame of the compilation challenges the reader to assess the …

  8. https://homer.thefreelibrary.com/Collection-Of-Hesiod-Homer-and-Homerica/11-1

    WebIts scope is as follows: 1) the descent (as variously reported) and relative dates of Homer and Hesiod; 2) their poetical contest at Chalcis; 3) the death of Hesiod; 4)

  9. https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/638018.pdf

    WebTHE CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD THE work of many scholars in the last hundred years has helped us to under-stand the nature and origins of the treatise

  10. https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jclst/33/0/33_KJ00005742870/_article/-char/en

    WebIndeed, we are left with no evidence for a contest between Homer and Hesiod before Alcidamas. But, the writer of the article believes that there are a number of reasons for …

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