person
Hesiod
also: Hesiodus
The early Greek didactic poet; Cicero quotes the Works and Days ('repay in the same measure -- if you can') on requiting a literary favour (Att. 13.12).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 13.12 §3 For Hesiod, too, adds this
Hesiod, the early Greek didactic poet of the Works and Days. Cicero quotes his maxim about repaying a neighbour "in the same measure, and better if you can" (Works and Days 349-50).