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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)play

  Familiarity information: HESIOD used as a noun is very rare.


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HESIOD (noun)


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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