Hesiod, Volume I: Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia
Hesiod, Glenn W. Most (ed.), trans. Glenn W. Most. . Loeb Classical Library 57. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2006. Composed c. 700 BCE. In Ancient Greek, in English translation.
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Works and Days is the earliest European star-calendar: the heliacal rising and setting of the Pleiades for harvest and ploughing, Arcturus sixty days after the winter solstice, Sirius in high summer. A revised second edition of 2006 appeared in 2018 under a different ISBN and is a distinct book.
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- Heliacal Risings
- Works and Days, the earliest European star-calendar: the Pleiades for harvest and ploughing, Arcturus sixty days after the winter solstice, Sirius in high summer, Orion for threshing and vintage.
- Taurus
- For the Pleiades' role in the earliest European star calendar.