Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
The Contest of Homer and Hesiod
The Divination by Birds (fragments)
The Precepts of Chiron (fragments)
The Idaean Dactyls (fragments)
The Catalogues of Women and Eoiae (fragments)
The Shield of Heracles (480 lines)
The Marriage of Ceyx (fragments)
Works Attributed to Homer The Homeric Hymns
XIV. To the Mother of the Gods (6 lines)
XV. To Heracles the Lion-Hearted (9 lines)
XVII. To the Dioscuri (5 lines)
XXIII. To the Son of Cronos, Most High (4 lines)
XXV. To the Muses and Apollo (7 lines)
XXX. To Earth the Mother of All (19 lines)
XXXIII. To the Dioscuri (19 lines)
The War of the Titans (fragments)
The Story of Oedipus (fragments)
Non-Cyclic Poems Attributed to Homer
The Expedition of Amphiaraus (fragments)
The Taking of Oechalia (fragments)
The Battle of Frogs and Mice (303 lines)
Of the Origin of Homer and Hesiod, and of their Contest (aka The Contest of Homer and Hesiod)
(ll. 1-16) And now, O Muse Calliope, daughter of Zeus, begin to sing of glowing Helios whom mild-eyed Euryphaessa, the far-shining one, bare to the Son of Earth and starry Heaven. For Hyperion wedded glorious Euryphaessa, his own sister, who bare him lovely children, rosy-armed Eos and rich-tressed Selene and tireless Helios who is like the deathless gods. As he rides in his chariot, he shines upon men and deathless gods, and piercingly he gazes with his eyes from his golden helmet. Bright rays beam dazzlingly from him, and his bright locks streaming from the temples of his head gracefully enclose his far-seen face: a rich, fine-spun garment glows upon his body and flutters in the wind: and stallions carry him. Then, when he has stayed his golden-yoked chariot and horses, he rests there upon the highest point of heaven, until he marvellously drives them down again through heaven to Ocean.
(ll. 17-19) Hail to you, lord! Freely bestow on me substance that cheers the heart. And now that I have begun with you, I will celebrate the race of mortal men half-divine whose deeds the Muses have showed to mankind.