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Title:

GOD AND THE LAND
THE METAPHYSICS OF FARMING IN HESIOD AND VERGIL. WITH A TRANSLATION OF HESIOD'S WORKS AND DAYS BY DAVID GRENE

By:

Stephanie Nelson

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Hardback

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0195117409

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9780195117400

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS INC

Pub. date:

1 March, 1998

Pages:

270

Translated from:

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Description:

God and the Land argues that farming, to both Hesiod and Vergil, meant not merely a way of making a living, but a way of life with deep ethical and religious implications.

Synopsis:

The Works and Days of Hesiod and Vergil's Georgics are fundamental texts in the classical 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. She represents the ethos of the farm as a way of understanding the earth, the gods, and man between them in vital relation to each other. This study also includes a sparkling new translation of Works and Days by esteemed translator David Grene.

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