Status Updates From Theogony and Works and Days

Wrapped up the Theogony. There are some interesting details here and there but as a whole it really drags. The information is obviously organized for an audience that knows most of these stories already, so it was a mistake on my part to try to use this to develop a broad understanding of mythological context for Greek epics.

Love that the introduction never misses an opportunity to acknowledge the poet’s mediocrity. Every Radiohead has its Muse and every Homer his Hesiod