Hesiod: The Myth Of The Ages Of Man

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In Works and Days, Hesiod tells the myth of the Ages of Mankind: Golden, Silver, Bronze, Heroes, and Iron. The first stage is the Golden Age. This is the only age that falls within the reign of Kronos, which is the father of Zeus. The Golden Age was the best age where the people literally lived like gods. They were young looking, with old age being nonexistent. The world was carefree ad they didn't worry about food, because food was abundant. Eventually, men had peaceful deaths and died looking young, turning into the holy spirit and living on to be immortal “guardians” of justice on earth. The Golden Age was so perfect otherwise know as an ideal society that no orders or laws needed to be implied. The Silver Age came next, and

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