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Only Orpheus (and later Plato) was known as a prophet ( through and through, Hesiod was a 'theologian' like Pherecydes; and Homer was a Poet (greatest). That Hesiod was derivative of the Chaldeans/Assyrians/Hittites/Sumerians was even theorized in ancient times, he was a secondary references of extra credits, but not your first choice. Works and Days, however, was a primary ethical source of legitimacy.

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