This
paper analyzes the ancient
poem, "Works and Days", by Hesiod. It presents an argumentative historical essay on the kind of
social values found in Hesiod's
advice to his
brother in the poem and what this says about Dark Age culture in Greece. The paper contends that Hesiod's advice to his brother Perseus is simple and complicated at the same time. Hesiod's social values include the values of work rather than idleness, which he passes on quite clearly to his brother.