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God and the land : the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil

Author: Stephanie A Nelson; David Grene; Hesiod.
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.
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Genre/Form: Translations into English
Poetry
Poésie
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Nelson, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Anne), 1958-
God and the land.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1998
(OCoLC)607094748
Named Person: Hesiod.; Virgil.; Hésiode.; Virgile.; Hésiode (07.-07. av. J.-C).; Virgile (0070?-0019 av. J.-C.).; Hésiode; Virgile; Publius Vergilius Maro; Hesiodus.; Virgil.
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephanie A Nelson; David Grene; Hesiod.
ISBN: 0195117409 9780195117400 9780195373349 0195373340
OCLC Number: 36798257
Description: xvi, 252 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: Hesiod's Works and Days --
Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer --
1. 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.
Responsibility: Stephanie A. Nelson ; with a translation of Hesiod's Works and days / by David Grene.
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