Table of Contents

Introduction
I. Plato and Hesiod
1: J. H. Haubold: Shepherd, Farmer, Poet, Sophist: Hesiod on his own reception
2: G. R.Boys-Stones: Hesiod and Plato's History of Philosophy
3: G. W. Most: Plato's Hesiod: An Acquired Taste?
4: Naoko Yamagata: Hesiod in Plato: Second Fiddle to Homer?
5: Hugo Koning: Plato's Hesiod: Not Plato's Alone
6: Barbara Graziosi: Hesiod in Classical Athens: Rhapsodes, Orators, and Platonic Discourse
7: Andrew L. Ford: Plato's Two Hesiods
II. Individual Dialogues
8: Vered Lev Kenaan: The Seductions of Hesiod: Pandora's Presence in Plato's Symposium
9: Helen Van Noorden: Hesiod's Races and Your Own': Socrates' 'Hesiodic' Project
10: Andrea Capra: Plato's Hesiod and the Will of Zeus: Philosophical Rhapsody in the Timaeus and the Critias
11: E. E. Pender: Chaos Corrected: Hesiod in Plato's Creation Myth
12: David Sedley: Hesiod's Theogony and Plato's Timaeus
13: Mario Regali: Hesiod in the Timaeus: The Demiurge Addresses the Gods
14: Dimitri El Murr: Hesiod, Plato, and the Golden Age: Hesiodic Motifs in the Myth of the Politicus
15: Christopher Rowe: On Grey-Haired Babies: Plato, Hesiod, and Visions of the Past (and Future)

About the Author

G. R. Boys-Stones is Senior Lecturer in Classics, Durham University.
Johannes Haubold is Leverhulme Senior Lecturer in Greek Literature, Durham University.

Reviews

This is a rich and original collection which offers new and exciting insights into Plato's interest in Hesiod as, among other things, a source of authority, a sophistic paradigm, a cosmogonist and an alternative to Homer...The essays in this volume are all original, interesting and, in most cases, provocative (in a good way).
*Jenny Bryan, University College London, The Classical Review*

Boys-Stones, Haubold, et al. have succeeded in elevating the discussion of the neglected relationship between Plato and Hesiod, thereby paving the way for future work...Hesiod joins the pantheon of literary rivals with whom Plato sustained a surprisingly deep and complex relationship.
*Marcus Folch, Columbia University, Bryn Mawr Classical Review*

ingenius and thought-provoking ... All in all, a most stimulating collection of papers.
*John Dillon, Trinity College Dublin*