# Hesiod — The Genealogy of Morals character guide

> Hesiod in The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-first-essay

## Who they are

Ancient poet whose myth of the ages is referenced in the discussion of moral origins.

## In the story

### [The Morality of Resentment and the Beast of Prey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_genealogy_of_morals_se/chapters/11)

Nietzsche references Hesiod's embarrassment in conceiving the series of social ages (gold, silver, bronze) and how he resolved the contradiction of the Homeric world by splitting it into a heroic age (for aristocratic memory) and a bronze age (for the oppressed).

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