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Meaning of "Hesiodic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HESIODIC

Hesiodic  [ˌhesɪˈɒdɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HESIODIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Hesiodic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES HESIODIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Hesiodic

Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.

Definition of Hesiodic in the English dictionary

The definition of Hesiodic in the dictionary is of or relating to the work of the poet Hesiod.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HESIODIC


anodic
əˈnɒdɪk
antiperiodic
ˌæntɪˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
antispasmodic
ˌæntɪspæzˈmɒdɪk
aperiodic
ˌeɪpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
cathodic
kæˈθɒdɪk
episodic
ˌɛpɪˈsɒdɪk
ergodic
ɜːˈɡɒdɪk
geodic
dʒɪˈɒdɪk
iodic
aɪˈɒdɪk
melodic
mɪˈlɒdɪk
metaperiodic
ˌmɛtəˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
methodic
mɪˈθɒdɪk
periodic
ˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
photoperiodic
ˌfəʊtəʊˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
prosodic
prəˈsɒdɪk
quasiperiodic
ˌkweɪzaɪˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk
rhapsodic
ræpˈsɒdɪk
Roddick
ˈrɒdɪk
spasmodic
spæzˈmɒdɪk
thermoperiodic
ˌθɜːməʊˌpɪərɪˈɒdɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HESIODIC

Heseltine
Heshvan
Hesiod
Hesione
hesitance
hesitancy
hesitant
hesitantly
hesitate
hesitater
hesitatingly
hesitation
hesitative
hesitator
hesitatory
Hesperia
Hesperian
Hesperidean
Hesperides
Hesperidian

WORDS THAT END LIKE HESIODIC

cephalopodic
eisteddfodic
epodic
exodic
harmolodic
heptapodic
hexapodic
monodic
Nimrodic
octapodic
odic
pentapodic
petalodic
psalmodic
rhodic
sarcodic
sodic
synodic
tetrapodic
tripodic

Synonyms and antonyms of Hesiodic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Hesiodic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HESIODIC

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Translator English - Chinese

Hesiodic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Hesiodic
570 millions of speakers

English

Hesiodic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Hesiodic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

Hesiodic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Hesiodic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Hesíodo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Hesiodic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Hésiode
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hesiodic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hesiodic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

Hesiodic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

Hesiodic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Hesiodic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Hesiodic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Hesiodic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Hesiodic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Hesiodic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

esiodeo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Hesiodic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Hesiodic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Hesiodic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Hesiodic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Hesiodic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Hesiodic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Hesiodic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Hesiodic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HESIODIC»

The term «Hesiodic» is used very little and occupies the 171.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HESIODIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Hesiodic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HESIODIC»

Discover the use of Hesiodic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Hesiodic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and ...
This collection of essays offers an exploration of the meaning and significance of the Catalogue of Women, attributed to Hesiod.
Richard Hunter, 2005
2
Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of ...
The 'Hesiodic' texture is in fact thickened by what Jupiter rejected, torpere graui . . . ueterno, which elaborates the Hesiodic rejection of ἀεργίη (WD 303–6, 311 etc.) , and leads into the 'Hesiodic' account of conditions before the reign of Jupiter, ...
Richard Hunter, 2014
3
No Mere Mouthpiece: An Examination of the Hesiodic Farmer
Examines the character construction of the Hesiodic 'farmer' in the scholarship of Works and Days.
Richard J. P. Kavadas, 2008
4
"Cast in Later Grecian Mould", Quintus of Smyrna's Reception ...
The Hesiodic corpus oscillates between Panhellenic and local identities much more fluidly than the Homeric poems do. Whatever the nature of the Panhellenic- epichoric dichotomy of the Hesiodic corpus, Quintus associates the Hesiodic ...
Vincent Edward Tomasso, 2010
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A History of Greece; from the Earliest Period to the Close ...
I. HESIODIC THEOGONY. II necessary to say a few words on the theogony generally. I have given it briefly as it stands in the Hesiodic _ , . . . Hesiodic Theogonia, because that poem—1n spite of great grime-1y? incoherence and confusion, ...
George Grote, 1872
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Hesiod
how they fit into the corpus and how they acquired their Hesiodic status. It is clear , first of all, that the Works and Days was not the only wisdom poetry attributed to Hesiod. The poem entitled the Precepts of Kheiron, of which less than three ...
Robert Lamberton, 1988
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A History of Greece: From the Earliest Period to the Close ...
Such is the tissue of violent fancies comprehended under the title of the Orphic Theogony, and read as such, it appears, by Plato, Isokrates, and Aristotle. It will be seen that it is based upon the Hesiodic Theogony; but, according to the general ...
George Grote, 1907
8
Harvard Studies in Classical Philology
THE fourteen-year-old Epicurus, so the story goes, upon hearing his tutor recite the opening sentence of the Hesiodic cosmogony — rfToi ulv TtpcoTioTa xaoq yeveTo — precociously asked where 'X.doc, itself came from, if it was the first thing ...
R. J. Tarrant, 1990
9
La poésie épique grecque: métamorphoses d'un genre ...
Ill Christos С. TsagalIs РОЕТ AND AUDIENCE: FROM HOMER TO HESIOD The influence Homeric epic has exercised on its Hesiodic counterpart has been at the focus of scholarly research for a number of years. The majority of Hellenists ...
Franco Montanari, Antonios Rengakos, 2006
10
A History of Greek Literature
HESIODIC. SCHOOLS. THE CONTEST BETWEEN HOMER AND HESIOD IS A CONTEST BETWEEN THE BRIGHT splendor of godlike heroes and the dour sobriety of a Boeotian farmer, between the right of might and blood and the right of ...
Moses Hadas, 2013

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HESIODIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Hesiodic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Serious Puns
... an implied cosmogony: “'Sky' is created from the primeval 'Chaos' - a derivation consonant with Hesiodic cosmogony, as Varro is well aware. «First Things, Aug 14»
2
Book of Mormon: The new golden age of the musical
Unlike the history of art, film or poetry, the history of musical theatre is essentially Hesiodic. Its Golden Age began on March 31 1943, when the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 13»
3
The Adulatory Biographer: On Richard Bradford's Martin Amis
cover We are living in a Hesiodic golden age for biographies. Name your favorite dead person, and I will give you the ISBN of a good biography ... «The Millions, Jan 13»
4
Free-to-Play Skyrim: The future of buffet-style gaming
... Ngmoco's Stockholm, Sweden studio laid out the evolution of free-to-play gaming in terms part Web business speak and part Hesiodic ages. «Digitaltrends.com, Mar 12»
5
Cronus, Chronos, and Christ
The Augustan poet, Virgil, identified himself explicitly with the old Hesiodic (and Arcadian) tradition of Muse-inspired poetry (in hisEclogues ... «Religion Dispatches, Dec 11»
6
Homer's Worthiest Rival
Only recent scholarly generations, informed by ethnopoetics, have understood the Hesiodic corpus as strangely different from Homeric poetry, ... «New York Sun, Mar 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Hesiodic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/hesiodic>. Apr 2024 ».
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