| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 252 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index. |
| Contents |
Hesiod's Works and Days / Translated by David Grene 9 -- Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer 31 -- 1. Composition of Hesiod's Poems 41 -- 2. Mythic Background 59 -- 3. Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm 82 -- 4. God 98 -- 5. Human Context 125 -- 6. 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. |
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| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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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 |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hesiod. Works and days.
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Virgil. Georgica.
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Hesiod. |
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Virgil. |
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Hésiode. Travaux et les jours. |
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Virgile. Georgica. |
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Georgica (Virgil) |
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Works and days (Hesiod) |
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Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C). Travaux et les jours. |
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Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.). Georgica. |
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Hésiode, (07.?-07.? av. J.-C.) |
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Virgile, (0070-0019 av. J.-C.) |
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Didactic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism.
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Didactic poetry, Classical. |
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Didactic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English.
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Didactic poetry, Greek. |
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Mythology, Classical, in literature.
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Mythology, Classical, in literature. |
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Agriculture -- Greece -- Poetry.
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Agriculture. |
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Greece. |
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Agriculture in literature.
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Agriculture in literature. |
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Gods, Greek, in literature.
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Gods, Greek, in literature. |
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Gods, Roman, in literature.
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Gods, Roman, in literature. |
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Metaphysics in literature.
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Metaphysics in literature. |
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Poetry.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Translations.
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Poetry.
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| Added Author |
Grene, David.
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Hesiod.
Works and days. English. 1998.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nelson, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Anne), 1958- God and the land. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, 1998 0195117409 (DLC) 97013801 (OCoLC)36798257 |
| ISBN |
0585215774 (electronic book) |
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9780585215778 (electronic book) |
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1602562431 |
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9781602562431 |
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9780195117400 (Cloth) |
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0195117409 (Cloth) |
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1280470941 |
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9781280470943 |
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0195117409 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780195373349 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
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0195373340 (paperback ; acid-free paper) |
