# Hesiod — Dialogues character guide

> Hesiod in Dialogues by Plato.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the noble Hesiod

**First appearance:** 0004-dialogues

## Who they are

Poet and contemporary of Homer, cited in dialogues.

## In the story

### [On the Decline of Greek Literature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/on-the-decline-of-greek-literature)

Listed alongside Homer as a representative of the great ancient poets.

### [Ion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/ion)

Hesiod is mentioned as another poet whose works Ion cannot interpret as well as Homer's.

### [Book III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/book-iii)

Referenced for the maxim that 'the half is often more than the whole.'

### [Book IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/dialogues_se/chapters/book-iv)

Quoted by the Athenian Stranger regarding the difficulty of the path to virtue versus the ease of wickedness.

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