Hesiod

Who: idealistic Greek poet

What: wrote Work and Days featuring Zeus as source of justice= poetry stressed human need for justice; influenced by Near Eastern myth like Mesopotamian Epic of Creation; Poems explain that gods also suffer and fight, justice is in divine order, persuasion not force should promote excellence; social elite should set example.

When: 8th century B.C.E.; Dark Age

Where: Greece

Significance: His stress of justice incited anger in the Greek people not receiving it and created pressure for a new system of government.

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