@misc{Scodel_Ruth_Works_2019, author={Scodel, Ruth}, copyright={Copyright by Uniwersytet Wrocławski}, howpublished={online}, year={2019}, publisher={Uniwersytet Wrocławski: Centrum Interdyscyplinarnych badań Relacji między Kulturą oralną i Piśmienniczą oraz Pracownia Badań nad Tradycją Oralną}, language={eng}, abstract={Hesiod’s Works and Days shows a number of peculiarities. Boththe Winter segment and the Nautilia contain doublets; significant narrative details are omitted in both the myths; there are internal contradictions; the poem hints at material that is not developed, such as Pandora’s deceptive speech and bird-omens. This paper suggests that the poem is a transitional text that establishes a definitive versionof a poem previously performed with extensive variation. Sucha version required compromises if it was to convey the poet’s thought without being open to misunderstanding and still be performable in one sitting.}, title={Works and Days as a Transittional Text}, type={text}, keywords={transitional text, Myth of Races, Pandora, doublets, abbreviation, performance time}, }