Hesiod

"But study Hesiod and you'll learn to grow things out of it."

―Kassandra to Arion, 420s BCE.

Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος, fl. 700 BCE) was a Greek poet who lived in 8th century Boeotia and is believed to have been a contemporary of Homer. He is primarily famous for his works Theogony (c. 730 BCE), which he claimed was inspired by meeting the Muses and detailed the Greek gods' origins, such as attesting that Eros was a primordial god who emanated from Chaos, and Works and Days (c. 700 BCE), which detailed numerous agriculturally relevant things, such as how long to dry grapes to maximize a wine's sweetness.

Hesiod was one of many Greek writers who commonly mentioned honey in his works, and is regarded as the first western poet who saw himself as directly participating in the stories he told through self-insertion.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (first mentioned)
• Discovery Tour: Ancient Greece (mentioned only)