WORKS OF HESIOD AND THE HOMERIC HYMNS (cid:2) works of h e s i o d and the h o m e r i c h y m n s •                •   d a ry l h i n e •      Chicago & London The University ofChicago Press,Chicago  The University ofChicago Press,Ltd.,London © by The University ofChicago All rights reserved.Published  Paperback edition  Printed in the United States ofAmerica    :---(cloth) -:----(paper) -:---(paper) The Homeric Hymns and The Battle ofthe Frogs and the Micewere previously published by Atheneum in ;some changes have been made in this edition. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in Publication Data Hesiod. [Works.English] Works ofHesiod and the Homeric hymns / translated by Daryl Hine. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ---(alk.paper) . Didactic poetry,Greek—Translations into English. . Religious poetry,Greek—Translations into English. . Hymns,Greek (Classical)— Translations into English. . Fables,Greek—Translations into English. . Gods,Greek—Poetry . Farm life—Poetry. . Seasons—Poetry. I. Battle ofthe frogs and mice.English. II. Homeric hymns.English. III. Hine,Daryl. IV. Title. .  (cid:2).—dc  øThe paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofthe American National Standard for Information Sciences— Permanence ofPaper for Printed Library Materials,.-.    What is,however,to me all that stuffabout oak trees and stones? C on t e n t s (cid:2)   • ’  Works and Days  Theogony  •              •   Greece,–BC Greece,–BC