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 |
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Subject |
Hesiod. Works and days.
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Virgil. Georgica
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SUBJECT |
Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C). Travaux et les jours. ram |
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Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.). Georgica. ram |
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Hésiode, (07.?-07.? av. J.-C.) ram |
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Virgile, (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) ram |
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Georgica (Virgil) fast |
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Works and days (Hesiod) fast |
Subject |
Didactic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism
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Didactic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English
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Mythology, Classical, in literature.
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Agriculture -- Greece -- Poetry
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Agriculture in literature.
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Gods, Greek, in literature.
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Gods, Roman, in literature.
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Metaphysics in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Ancient & Classical.
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Agriculture
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Agriculture in literature
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Didactic poetry, Classical
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Didactic poetry, Greek
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Gods, Greek, in literature
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Gods, Roman, in literature
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Metaphysics in literature
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Mythology, Classical, in literature
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Landbouw.
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Opera et dies (Hesiodus)
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Georgica (Vergilius)
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Filosofische aspecten.
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Dieux romains dans la littérature.
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Dieux grecs -- Dans la littérature.
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Greece
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Poetry
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Translations
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Grene, David.
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Hesiod.
Works and days. English. 1998
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LC no. |
97013801 |
ISBN |
0585215774 |
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9780585215778 |
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1602562431 |
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9781602562431 |
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9780195117400 |
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0195117409 |
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1280470941 |
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9781280470943 |
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9786610470945 |
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6610470944 |
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9780199723997 |
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0199723990 |
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