Read 7.3 “Egypt: Thoth” (pages 320-326). Respond to the following.
Discuss the
Read 7.3 “Egypt: Thoth” (pages 320-326). Respond to the following.
Discuss the similarity between Hermes and Thoth, and how this similarity was viewed by the Greeks and Egyptians.
In the passage from Plato’s Phaedrus, what side effect of writing is Theuth worried about? Why?
Lisa Maurizio, Classical Mythology in Context. Oxford University Press, 2016. [The chapters come from this book.
