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View Name: Hesiod


HESIOD
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: Ancient Greek (Anglicized)
OTHER SCRIPTS: ‘Ησιοδος (Ancient Greek)
PRONOUNCED: HES-ee-əd (English), HEE-see-əd (English)   [key]
Meaning & History
From the Greek name ‘Ησιοδος (Hesiodos), which probably means "to throw song" from ‘ησι (hesi) "to throw" and ωιδης (oides) "song, ode". This was the name of an 8th-century BC Greek poet.
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