• Works and Days, where Hesiod speaks about the moral lessons that people should follow. He also gives advice to farmers on cultivating the land and states that work is the only path that ensures success. "Work is no disgrace, idleness is a disgrace," meaning "no labor is shameful.

• Theogony. It is an epic, that is, a long narrative poem consisting of 1,022 lines. It refers to the local worship of the gods and the origin of the world. It is an extremely important source of information for Greek mythology. It is divided into 5 parts: a. Prologue, b. Cosmogony-Theogony, c. Titanomachy, d. Second phase of the "Theogony," and e. Heroic history. In the Prologue, Hesiod praises the Muses and begs them to give him inspiration. In the "Theogony," he recounts how the world and the gods were created; it is a shame for anyone not to work.

• Aspis, where the duel between Heracles and Cycnus is discussed.