
Episode 8: Before Orthodoxy (Hesiod's Theogony)
Literature and History
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Hesiod's Doomed Titans
Hesiod's doomed titans show up two thousand years later in Dante's Inferno. The medieval Italian and the Renaissance Englishmen had no theological common ground with Hesiod. A modern imam or preacher, if he wants any attendees in his congregation, understands that the work of writing a sermon requires creativity and mental stamina.
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