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HESIOD
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• HESIOD (noun)
The noun HESIOD has 1 sense:
1. Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)
Familiarity information: HESIOD used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greek poet whose existing works describe rural life and the genealogies of the gods and the beginning of the world (eighth century BC)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
poet (a writer of poems (the term is usually reserved for writers of good poetry))
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