The night of the 8th he was unable to sleep, and talked a great deal to the Countess, seated by his bedside, about his work, and repeated part of hesiod in Greek to her.
"The Countess of Albany"
Violet Paget (AKA Vernon Lee)
It is through his want of those gifts of genius which have made Homer immortal as a poet, and a mere name as a man, that hesiod has left so distinct a picture of himself to the latest times.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Didactic poetry obtained in Lucretius and Virgil ampler volume and profounder meaning than in their Greek models, Empedocles and hesiod.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar