Hesiod, Works and Days, ll. 80–82 (tr. H. G. Evelyn-White, 1914)
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And he called this woman Pandora, because all they who dwelt on Olympus gave each a gift, a plague to men who eat bread.
— Hesiod on Women
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About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
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