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Hesiod: Works and Days

by: West, M.L.

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Category: Greek Texts / Apparatus Criticus / Commentary
Code: 3241
ISBN-13: 9780198140054 / 978-0-19-814005-4
ISBN-10: 0198140053 / 0-19-814005-3
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1978
Publication Place: Oxford
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 399
Book Condition: Very good
Comments: From the library of Professor S.R. Slings

Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whose Works and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned to Works and Days for its insights on Greek mythology and religion. The poem also sheds light on economic history and ancient agriculture, and is a good resource for social scientists interested in these areas. This translation emphasizes the activities and problems of a practicing agriculturist as well as the larger, changing political and economic institutions of the early archaic period. The authors provide a clear, accurate translation along with notes aimed at a broad audience. The introductory essay discusses the changing economic, political and trading world of the eighth and seventh centuries B. C. E. , while the notes present the range and possible meanings of important Greek terms and references in the poem and highlight areas of ambiguity in our understanding of Works and Days.

 
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Hesiod: Works and Days

by: West, M.L.

  • ISBN-13: 9780198140054 / 978-0-19-814005-4
  • ISBN-03: 0198140053 / 0-19-814005-3
  • Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1978

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