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CHAP. I.
OF MAN.
Hesiod, the Grecian poet, if not the most ancient of all writers whose works are preserved, is, unquestionablely, the next to Homer, whom, however, he is generally thought to have precedeed.* He flourished about 945 years be- fore the commencement of the christian aera ;
- .It may be infered, perhap, from the Theogony of
Hesiod, that he was wel acquainted with the writeings of Homer; since he mentions the names of Peleus, Thetis, Anchises, Aeneas, Circe, Ulysses, and Calypso ; imaginary deitys or heros, which, in all probability, made their first appearance in the Iliad or Odysfey. According to Aulus Gelius,
" writeers are not agreed concerning the agees of Homer
and Hesiod. Some affirm, that Homer was more ancient
than Hesiod, among whom are Philocborus and Xeno-
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