We know how to tell many lies similar to the truth, and also to sing the truth when we want to."
He was told of his own lowly station in no uncertain terms: "Shepherb bumpkins, wretched, shameful things, mere bellies! We know how to tell many lies similar to the truth, and also to sing the truth when we want to." So saying, the Muses gave him talent and commanded him to write of the gods. In one of his two surviving complete epics, he recounts the story of Pandora's box, criticizes his brother Perses for running off with most of their inheritance, and describes jobs appropriate to each part of the year. FTP, name this writer of _Works and Days_ and _Theogony_.
He was told of his own lowly station in no uncertain terms: "Shepherb bumpkins, wretched, shameful things, mere bellies!
{Hesiod}