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READING HESIOD by MARCUS ARGENTARIUS

First Line: I ON HESIOD IDLY BROWSING
Last Line: SO MUCH FOR OLD HESIOD!'
Subject(s): HESIOD (9TH CENTURY B.C.);

I on Hesiod idly browsing,
when I saw where Pyrrha trod,
dumped the volume with a rousing
'So much for old Hesiod!'



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