Write an essay that addresses(a) how Hesiod's presentation of creation and development of the divine
orders compares with those in Genesis and the Egyptian creation myths. Is Hesiod more quasi-
rationalistic, empirical, etc. than the others? And (b) the relationship, comparison, similarities and
differences, between Hesiod's geneological presentation of the creation and development of the cosmos
to the theories of the presocratic philosphers. Things to consider: the notion of "divine" in various
presocratic philopshers, e.g., Anaximenes, frg. 23; the relationship of the Milesian concept of the arche to
various generative concepts in Hesiod; the notion of justice seen in various presocratic philosophers, e.g.
Anaximander, frgs. 2, 11, Heraclitus frgs. 57, 58, 59, 83, and revenge or puniment in Hesiod; conclusions
drawn from observations of nature, e.g. Anaximander frgs. 21 and 24; the use of geometic and
mathematical models, e.g. Anaximander, fr. 13, and Pythagoras. sh
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