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Where in Greece was Hesiod from?
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Hesiod
Hesiod, detail of a mosaic by Monnus, 3rd century; in the Rhenish State Museum, Trier, Germany.
Hesiod was a native of Boeotia, a district located in central Greece. Specifically, he identified his hometown as Ascra, a village situated near Mount Helicon.21