God and the land: the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil
| Τίτλος: | God and the land: the metaphysics of farming in Hesiod and Vergil |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Nelson, Stephanie A. ((Stephanie Anne)), 1958- |
| Συνεισφορές: | Grene, David, Hesiod. |
| Έτος έκδοσης: | 2023 |
| Σειρά: | Oxford scholarship online. |
| Θεματικοί όροι: | Didactic poetry, Classical -- History and criticism, Didactic poetry, Greek -- Translations into English, Mythology, Classical, in literature, Agriculture -- Poetry. -- Greece, Agriculture in literature, Gods, Greek, in literature, Gods, Roman, in literature, Metaphysics in literature |
| Subject Person: | Hesiod. Works and days, Virgil. Georgica |
| Περιγραφή: | Previously issued in print: 1998. Connecting Hesiod's The Works and Days and Virgil's Georgics through agricultural and pastoral themes, this study brings them together with a metaphysical eye, showing how the two writers each viewed the farming lifestyle as a system of belief. |
| Contents Note: | Contents; 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 |
| Original Identifier: | 111004366529122 271551 |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780195117400.001.0001 |
| Αριθμός Καταχώρησης: | edsram.997010720289605171 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | RAMBI |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780195117400.001.0001 |
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