This week's reading selections from Homer's Iliad and Hesiod's work really struck me because of the sheer amount of what seemed like a lot of social commentary from the two authors. The authors, who lived in two very different political situations, and some interesting things to say about "correct" social order that were quite complimentary. Homer lived in a time where, though the common man was essentially subject to the nobles, they still exercised some political power through participation in the army and popular assembly. Hesiod, however, lived in a time where the common man exercised very little political power because the popular assembly was replaced by an oligarchy made of nobles.
The two works had very different views in terms of
The two works had very different views in terms of