Elementals, giants, titans and gods! Hesiod's Theogony chronicles a great war - one which would leave one entity sovereign over the cosmos.
Episode 8 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-8-quiz
Episode 8 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-008-before-orthodoxy
Episode 8 Song: "It Is Time for Zeus to Have Sex"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC91eGoigNg
Patreon:
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Before Aristotle, Socrates and Plato, there was a grouchy farmer poet whose Works and Days continues to fascinate us.
Episode 7 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-7-quiz
Episode 7 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-007-hesiod-s-lands-and-seasons
Episode 7 Song: "Hesiod's Bluegrass Biography"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNbxMLMJBWg
Patreon:
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Ancient Egypt produced a great deal of proverbs and wisdom literature. Some of it even slipped into the Bible. But how wise is wisdom literature?
Episode 6 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-6-quiz
Episode 6 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-006-the-pros-and-cons-of-wisdom
Episode 6 Song: "Could We Please Dial Down the Misogyny"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlzZi68n7n8
Patreon:
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We know about Ancient Egypt's pyramids, temples, and sarcophagi. What about its folktales and stories?
Episode 5 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-5-quiz
Episode 5 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-005-beneath-the-obelisks
Episode 5 Song: "The Eloquent Peasant Rap"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvGM-FzbOpI
Patreon:
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In the 3,500 year old Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, we can find the roots of the world's religions.
Episode 4 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-4-quiz
Episode 4 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-004-divine-judgment
Episode 4 Song: "May My Eyebrows Live Forever"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PU9SWp9ZdE
Patreon:
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The Epic of Gilgamesh, composed 3,000-5,000 years ago, and translated in the 1860s and 70s, was one of the greatest literary discoveries of all time.
Episode 3 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-3-quiz
Episode 3 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-003-he-who-saw-the-deep
Episode 3 Song: "Don't Fall Off the Roof"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJJurdC3OIg
Patreon:
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The Enuma Elish and the Atrahasis, in circulation 3,800 years ago, were Mesopotamia's creation and flood epics, making them 1,000 years older than Genesis.
Episode 2 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-2-quiz
Episode 2 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-002-before-the-flood
Episode 2 Song: "Babylon's Alcoholic Gods"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxED2Xa3R3Y
Patreon:
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For thousands of years, cuneiform was the means of transmitting information through space and time in the Ancient Near East. Then, something happened.
Episode 1 Quiz:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-1-quiz
Episode 1 Transcription:
http://literatureandhistory.com/index.php/episode-001-the-tower-of-babel
Episode 1 Song "In the Days of Cuneiform":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXGtHWka5mI
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