
Episode 6: The Pros and Cons of Wisdom (Ancient Egypt's Wisdom Literature)
Literature and History
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Hesiod and Homer - The History of Ancient Egypt Podcast
Hesiod's works and days, done sometime in the late 700s BCE, is part Farmer's Almanac, part mythological narrative, part angry rant. His Theogony mark a moment at which the ancient Aegean world was moving from oral history to a modest but emerging print culture. He also recently produced a mini-series called Syrian Tales, an audio collection of history and short fiction from mostly Bronze Age Syria. All proceeds from this project have gone to benefit victims of the Syrian refugee crisis.
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