…Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.

His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic an individual with a distinctive role to play. : /ˈhiːsiəd/ or /ˈhɛsiəd/;Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was a Greek oral poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC around the same time as Homer. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs.

Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic an individual with a distinctive role to play. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology farming techniques early economic thought (he is sometimes identified as the first economist) archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.