Works and Days, by which restful nights are made all the sweeter. You're going to love this super sleep-inducing tale first told by Hesiod, a Greek poet of the 7th-century BC, who was a contemporary of Homer, an inspiration to Plato, and a hero of mine.

IF you succeed in staying awake through this episode (a feat of which only the most caffeinated among you has any real chance!), you'll hear the story of Prometheus' punishment; the creation of Pandora, the first mortal woman to step foot on earth; the reason behind her name; her eponymous jar (not a BOX, mind you!) from which all the misfortunes of the world spilled, and in which hope, and nothing else, was retained; and the successive ages (or races) of mankind: gold, silver, bronze, with an heroic interlude, and iron.

If you have a book you want read in a sleepy style, or if you have an original work that you'd like me to read, drop me a line at [email protected].

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