Chersios of Orchomenus was written in the 7th century BC and contains an
epigramAn Epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the "to write on - inscribe", the literary device has been employed for over two millennia....
which mentions the burial place of
HesiodHesiod was a Greek oral poet. His date is uncertain but leading scholars , agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the eighth century BCE. Since at least Herodotus's time , Hesiod and Homer have generally been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived, and they are often...
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OrchomenusOrchomenus is a name attributed to the following:-Greek mythology:*A king, the father of Elara.*A son of Lycaon.*The father of Minyas and Kyparissos.*A murdered son of Thyestes.*A childless son of Minyas....
, a town in
BoeotiaBoeotia, also spelled Beotia and Bœotia , formerly Cadmeis, was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Megaris and the Kithairon mountain range that forms a natural barrier with Attica, on the north by Opuntian Locris and the...
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Chersios of Orchomenus was written in the 7th century BC and contains an
epigramAn Epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived from the "to write on - inscribe", the literary device has been employed for over two millennia....
which mentions the burial place of
HesiodHesiod was a Greek oral poet. His date is uncertain but leading scholars , agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the eighth century BCE. Since at least Herodotus's time , Hesiod and Homer have generally been considered the earliest Greek poets whose work has survived, and they are often...
at
OrchomenusOrchomenus is a name attributed to the following:-Greek mythology:*A king, the father of Elara.*A son of Lycaon.*The father of Minyas and Kyparissos.*A murdered son of Thyestes.*A childless son of Minyas....
, a town in
BoeotiaBoeotia, also spelled Beotia and Bœotia , formerly Cadmeis, was a region of ancient Greece, north of the eastern part of the Gulf of Corinth. It was bounded on the south by Megaris and the Kithairon mountain range that forms a natural barrier with Attica, on the north by Opuntian Locris and the...
.