“Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.”

About Hesiod

Poet • Greek

Hesiod was one of the earliest known Greek poets, often considered a contemporary of Homer during the 8th century BC. He is best known for two major epic poems, the Theogony and the Works and Days. The Theogony provides...