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Hesiod's Ascra [electronic resource] / Anthony T. Edwards.

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In 'Work and Days', one of the two long poems that have come down to us from Hesiod, the poet writes of farming, morality and what seems to be a nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance.

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Online Access:	Full Text (via De Gruyter)
Main Author:	Edwards, Anthony T.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2004.
Subjects:	Hesiod. > Works and days. Hesiod > Homes and haunts > Greece > Ascra. Hesiod > Knowledge > Ascra (Greece) Didactic poetry, Greek > History and criticism. Ascra (Greece) > Intellectual life. Voiōtia (Greece) > In literature. Ascra (Greece) > In literature. Farmers > Greece > Biography. Poets, Greek > Biography. Agriculture in literature. Farm life in literature. Villages in literature. Hesiod. Works and days (Hesiod) Didactic poetry, Greek. Farmers. Homes. Intellectual life. Literature. Poets, Greek. Greece. Greece > Ascra. Greece > Voiōtia. Biographies. Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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Summary:	In 'Work and Days', one of the two long poems that have come down to us from Hesiod, the poet writes of farming, morality and what seems to be a nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xii, 208 pages)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-194) and index.
ISBN:	9780520929579 0520929578 1417520426 9781417520428 9780520236585 0520236580 9781597346511 1597346519
Language:	English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:	Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.