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Next Year on Close Readings: Among the Ancients II

The LRB Podcast

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The hosts discuss the upcoming series of Among the Ancients, focusing on the theme of truth and lies and how it relates to ancient writers like Hesiod and Marcus Aurelius. They delve into the role of the muses in ancient Greece in inspiring both falsehoods resembling truth and moments of true wisdom.

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