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Hesiodic meaning

Relating to the Ancient Greek poet Hesiod, or characteristic of his didactic poetry style.

Using Hesiodic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Relating to the Ancient Greek poet Hesiod, or characteristic of his didactic poetry style.
  • In the example corpus, hesiodic often appears in combinations such as: the hesiodic.

Context around Hesiodic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 4 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

pre 2× ancient 1× extended 1× person 1×

Often after:

myth 3× tradition 1× schools 1× text 1× catalogue 1× scholarship 1× corpus 1×

Sentence patterns with Hesiodic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a person hesiodic is a 1× a pre hesiodic myth and 1× and the hesiodic schools p 1× in hesiodic scholarship the 1× in the hesiodic text epimetheus 1× the ancient hesiodic catalogue of 1× the extended hesiodic corpus only 1× the hesiodic myth did 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although only scraps 1× certain vase paintings 1× cf especially chapter 1× for example the 1× he writes that 1× in hesiodic scholarship 1×

Common sentence endings:

and its inconclusiveness 1× epimetheus married pandora 1× giving goddess pandora 1× medieval manuscript tradition 1× michigan press 2006 1× pandora s box 1×

Words around Hesiodic

Just before it in the word index:

hesiod 73 heshers 3 hesham 3 hesh 3 heselton 3 heseltine 15

Just after it in the word index:

hesitance 22 hesitancies 2 hesitancy 64 hesitant 389 hesitantly 10 hesitate 423

Similar in corpus frequency:

aanholt 13 aardwolf 13 abati 13 abbeville 13 abcc 13 abcon 13

Corpus analysis for Hesiodic

  • In this selection, "hesiodic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 28.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, pre, ancient, extended, myth, tradition and schools stand out and add context to how "hesiodic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a person hesiodic is a and a pre hesiodic myth and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hesiodic" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hesiodic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Although only scraps of the Orphic narratives survive, they show interesting differences with the Hesiodic tradition. (16 words)

The Hesiodic myth did not, however, completely obliterate the memory of the all-giving goddess Pandora. (16 words)

For example, the Bibliotheca and Hyginus each make explicit what might be latent in the Hesiodic text: Epimetheus married Pandora. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

The situation is summed up in this formulation by Glenn Most : "Hesiod" is the name of a person; "Hesiodic" is a designation for a kind of poetry, including but not limited to the poems of which the authorship may reasonably be assigned to Hesiod himself. (45 words)

He writes that in earlier myths, Pandora was married to Prometheus, and cites the ancient Hesiodic Catalogue of Women as preserving this older tradition, and that the jar may have at one point contained only good things for humanity. (39 words)

M. L. West writes that the story of Pandora and her jar is from a pre-Hesiodic myth, and that this explains the confusion and problems with Hesiod's version and its inconclusiveness. (33 words)

Example sentences (10)

Although only scraps of the Orphic narratives survive, they show interesting differences with the Hesiodic tradition.

Certain vase paintings dated to the 5th century BC likewise indicate that the pre-Hesiodic myth of the goddess Pandora endured for centuries after the time of Hesiod.

Cf. especially Chapter III, Hesiod and the Hesiodic Schools, p. 61 * Schlegel, Catherine and Henry Weinfield, "Introduction to Hesiod" in Hesiod / Theogony and Works and Days, University of Michigan Press, 2006.

For example, the Bibliotheca and Hyginus each make explicit what might be latent in the Hesiodic text: Epimetheus married Pandora.

He writes that in earlier myths, Pandora was married to Prometheus, and cites the ancient Hesiodic Catalogue of Women as preserving this older tradition, and that the jar may have at one point contained only good things for humanity.

In Hesiodic scholarship, the interpretive crux has endured: Dora Panofsky and Erwin Panofsky examined the post-Renaissance mythos (Pandora was not a subject of medieval art) in Pandora's Box.

M. L. West writes that the story of Pandora and her jar is from a pre-Hesiodic myth, and that this explains the confusion and problems with Hesiod's version and its inconclusiveness.

Of these works forming the extended Hesiodic corpus, only the Shield of Heracles ( Ἀσπὶς Ἡρακλέους main, Aspis Hērakleous) is transmitted intact via a medieval manuscript tradition.

The Hesiodic myth did not, however, completely obliterate the memory of the all-giving goddess Pandora.

The situation is summed up in this formulation by Glenn Most : "Hesiod" is the name of a person; "Hesiodic" is a designation for a kind of poetry, including but not limited to the poems of which the authorship may reasonably be assigned to Hesiod himself.

Common combinations with hesiodic

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hesiodic" in a sentence?
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What does "hesiodic" mean?
Hesiodic means: Relating to the Ancient Greek poet Hesiod, or characteristic of his didactic poetry style.
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