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Author:

Nelson, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Anne), 1958-

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.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1998

Description:

xvi, 252 p. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Hesiod.--Works and days.
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.
Farm life in literature.
Seasons in literature.
Virgil.--Georgica.

Other Authors:

Grene, David.
Hesiod. Works and days. English.

Notes:

Includes bibliograph cal references (p. 231-245) and index.

Contents:

Hesiod and the Balance of Nature. Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer -- 6. The Composition of Hesiod's Poems. The Composition of the Theogony. The Composition of the Works and Days. The Farmer's Year -- 2. The Mythic Background. Hesiod's Outlook. Pandora and the Nature of Hardship. The Five Ages: The History of Hardship. Hesiod's Fable and the Justice of Zeus -- 3. The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm. Roman Farming. Vergil's Works and Days. Vergil and the Animals -- 4. God. The Divine Order. Zeus and His Children. The Theology of Farming. The Gods of the Georgics. The Georgic of Force. The Georgic of Understanding -- 5. The Human Context. Justice, Perception, and Farming. The Balance of Justice. The Place of Justice. Force and Order: Vergil and Caesar. The Third Georgic: The Problem of the Individual. The Fourth Georgic: The Promise of the Whole -- 6. The Place of Nature. The City, the Farm, and Nature. Orpheus and Aristaeus. Hesiod and the Balance of Nature.

ISBN:

0195373340 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780195373349 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780195117400 (cloth : alk. paper)
0195117409 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36798257

LCCN:

97013801

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)