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Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-245) and index
Hesiod's Works and Days - Translated by David Grene - 9 -- - Introduction: Hesiod, Poet and Farmer - 31 -- - 1 - The Composition of Hesiod's Poems - 41 -- - 2 - The Mythic Background - 59 -- - 3 - The Composition of the Georgics: Vergil's Farm - 82 -- - 4 - God - 98 -- - 5 - The Human Context - 125 -- - 6 - The Place of Nature - 152
"The Works and Days" of Hesiod and Virgil's "Georgics" are fundamental texts in the Greek 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. A translation of Hesiod is included