line 240.
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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
• Variant translation: Oft hath even a whole city reaped the evil fruit of a bad man.
— Hesiod
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
• Variant translation: Oft hath even a whole city reaped the evil fruit of a bad man." in the context of "line 240." to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Hesiod" (Quotes, Works and Days (c. 700 BC))
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About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
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