The Library
1780 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
1400–1301 BC
1 work
c. 1400 BC
Akkadian
Anonymous
Adapa, the first of the seven sages, breaks the wing of the south wind and is summoned before Anu. His god Ea warns him not to eat the food offered in heaven, since it will be the food of death. It is the food of life, and by obeying he loses immortality for himself and for humankind.
301–400
1 work
c. 362–363
Greek
Sallustius
A short handbook of pagan belief written for Julian's revival: the nature of the gods, why myths are not to be taken literally, why the world is eternal, why evil comes from us, and what happens to the soul. These things never happened, it says of the myths, but always are.
2 of 1780 works