Hesiod's Works and Days: A Translation and Commentary for the Social Sciences - Rilegato

Hesiod

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ISBN 10: 0520203836 ISBN 13: 9780520203839

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1997

Riassunto

This new, annotated translation of Hesiod's Works and Days is a collaboration between David W. Tandy, a classicist, and Walter Neale, an economist and economic historian. Hesiod was an ancient Greek poet whoseWorks and Days discusses agricultural practices and society in general. Classicists and ancient historians have turned toWorks 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 ofWorks and Days.

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L'autore:

David W. Tandy is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and coeditor ofFrom Political Economy to Anthropology: Situating Economic Life in Past Societies (1994).Walter C. Neale is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and author ofDeveloping Rural India: Policies, Politics, and Progress (1990).

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• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0520203836
• ISBN 13: 9780520203839
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 149