Title God and the land : the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil / Stephanie A. Nelson ; with a translation of Hesiod's Works and days / by David Grene

Published New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) Contents Hesiod's Works and Days / Translated by David Grene 9 -- Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer 31 -- 1. The Composition of Hesiod's Poems 41 -- 2. The Mythic Background 59 -- 3. The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm 82 -- 4. God 98 -- 5. The Human Context 125 -- 6. The Place of Nature 152 Summary "The Works and Days" of Hesiod and Virgil's "Georgics" are fundamental texts in the Greek canon. Here Nelson brings them together with a metaphysical eye, showing how the two writers each viewed the farming lifestyle as a system of belief unto itself. A translation of Hesiod is included Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Hesiod. Works and days. Virgil. Georgica SUBJECT Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C). Travaux et les jours. ram Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.). Georgica. ram Hésiode, (07.?-07.? av. J.-C.) ram Virgile, (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) ram Georgica (Virgil) fast Works and days (Hesiod) fast Subject Didactic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism Didactic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English Mythology, Classical, in literature. Agriculture -- Greece -- Poetry Agriculture in literature. Gods, Greek, in literature. Gods, Roman, in literature. Metaphysics in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical. Agriculture Agriculture in literature Didactic poetry, Classical Didactic poetry, Greek Gods, Greek, in literature Gods, Roman, in literature Metaphysics in literature Mythology, Classical, in literature Landbouw. Opera et dies (Hesiodus) Georgica (Vergilius) Filosofische aspecten. Dieux romains dans la littérature. Dieux grecs -- Dans la littérature. Greece Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Poetry Translations Form Electronic book Author Grene, David. Hesiod. Works and days. English. 1998 LC no. 97013801 ISBN 0585215774 9780585215778 1602562431 9781602562431 9780195117400 0195117409 1280470941 9781280470943 9786610470945 6610470944 9780199723997 0199723990

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