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sdiSimonides, when asked which was the greater, Homer or Hesiod, said, "Hesiod was born of the Muses, but Homer was born of the Graces."
(Vatican Collection of Greek Sayings.)
In the same way, Hesiod extols the virtues of the hard-working, but Homer extols the virtues of the rich.