[Ike]
It warns against a "flaunting woman," because "she is after your barn," and advises on knowing a woman for four years before marrying her in the fifth. It equates the timing of the autumnal rains with the presence of the star Sirius, and states "violence is bad for the poor man." It opens with a description of two kinds of strife, and ends with a discussion of various calendar (*) superstitions, such as how it is advantageous for a boy to be born on the tenth day of a month. Halfway through, the author recounts a fable in which a hawk tells a nightingale to stop resisting his fate of being eaten. This work divides up human time into eras of gold, silver, bronze, heroes and iron. Addressed to Perses, the author's brother, it also describes the five ages of man. For 10 points, name this work of Hesiod. [Ike]
It warns against a "flaunting woman," because "she is after your barn," and advises on knowing a woman for four years before marrying her in the fifth.
{Works} and {Days} or {Erga kai Hemerai} or {Opera et Dies}