One modern scholar surmises that who may have learned about world geography, especially the catalogue of rivers in Theogony (337–45), listening to his father's accounts of his own sea voyages as a merchant?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Hesiod
- Step 1: One modern scholar surmises that Hesiod may have learned about world geography, especially the catalogue of rivers in Theogony (337–45), listening to his father's accounts of his own sea voyages as a merchant. Answer: Hesiod. Why not the others: "Homer" composed the heroic epics Iliad and Odyssey set against the Trojan War; "Pindar" was a classical lyric poet who composed celebratory choral victory odes; "Theognis" was a 6th-century BC elegiac poet from Megara known for gnomic aristocratic verses.
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