In this pathbreaking book, which includes a powerful new translation of Hesiod's Works and Days by esteemed translator David Grene, Stephanie Nelson argues that a society's vision of farming contains deep indications about its view of the human place within nature, and our relationship to the divine. She contends that both Hesiod in the Works and Days and Vergil in the Georgics saw farming in this way, and so wrote their poems not only about farming itself, but also about its deeper ethical and religious implications.
In this pathbreaking book, which includes a powerful new translation of Hesiod's Works and Days by esteemed translator David Grene, Stephanie Nelson argues that a society's vision of farming contains deep indications about its view of the human place within nature, and our relationship to the divine. She contends that both Hesiod in the Works and Days and Vergil in the Georgics saw farming in this way, and so wrote their poems not only about farming itself, but also about its deeper ethical and religious implications.
Stephanie Nelson is Assistant Professor of Classics, Boston University. The late David Grene was a translator of Greek tragedy and history and founding member of the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.
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Abbreviations Genealogical Table Translator's Note: Hesiod's Works and Days Hesiod's Works and Days Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer 1.: The Composition of Hesiod's Poems 2.: The Mythic Background 3.: The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm 4.: God 5.: The Human Context 6.: The Place of Nature Notes Bibliography Index
Abbreviations Genealogical Table Translator's Note: Hesiod's Works and Days Hesiod's Works and Days Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer 1.: The Composition of Hesiod's Poems 2.: The Mythic Background 3.: The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm 4.: God 5.: The Human Context 6.: The Place of Nature Notes Bibliography Index
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