Abstract
Remarks on the structure of Hesiod's Works and Days : Duality in the Hesiodic cosmos The aim of this paper is to show that Hesiod believes in the dual nature of a human situation or of an idea. In contrast to the linear progressiveness of the Theogony which presupposes a secure separating line between negative and positive, good and bad, there is no such specific distinction in the W & D. Consequently, it would be better to speak of a dual quality, which results from the application of the scheme arsis-thesis - often inside the same word. This kind of distinction between opposite terms denoting the negative and the positive aspects of a given basic idea does not imply ambiguity or self-contradiction but instead a kind of «dialectic symbiosis ». Selected passages are examined as to illustrate how this thesis helps the understanding of their structure.
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