One work usually ascribed to this man contains a description of "a city of men with goodly towers" guarded by "seven gates of gold".
This figure's question "What do men mean by happiness?" was answered "Death after a life of least pain and greatest pleasure" by one of his contemporaries, according to a section of the Mouseion by Alcidamas in which he wins an agon against that contemporary. One work usually ascribed to this man contains a description of "a city of men with goodly towers" guarded by "seven gates of gold". The title object of that poem by this man was described as "shimmer[ing] with enamel and white ivory and electrum" and containing "zones of cyanus", and was used in its holder's (*) fight against a son of Ares named Cycnus. This author also wrote a long poem containing the fable of the hawk and the nightingale and some complaints about the many lawsuits leveled by his brother Perses as well as a description of the Five Ages of Man. For 10 points, identify this author of The Shield of Herakles and Works and Days who described the origins of the gods in his Theogony.
This figure's question "What do men mean by happiness?" was answered "Death after a life of least pain and greatest pleasure" by one of his contemporaries, according to a section of the Mouseion by Alcidamas in which he wins an agon against that contemporary.
{Hesiod}