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HEAT AND LUST
HESIOD'S MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL SCENE REVISITED |
| By: |
J.C.B. Petropoulos, Gregory Nagy (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0847679020 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780847679027 |
| Publisher: |
ROWMAN & LITTLEFIELD |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1994 |
| Series: |
Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches |
| Pages: |
130 |
| Description: |
J.C.B. Petropoulos examines the description of midsummer in Hesiod's Works and Days, explores modern Greek agrarian practices and relevant folk beliefs, proverbs, symbols, and songs, and cautiously attempts a "backward extrapolation". |
| Synopsis: |
J.C.B. Petropoulos examines the description of midsummer in Hesiod's Works and Days, explores modern Greek agrarian practices and relevant folk beliefs, proverbs, symbols, and songs, and cautiously attempts a "backward extrapolation". With the help of comparative ethnographic models, readers will not only better appreciate the seasonal settings of Hesiod's harvest and its midsummer aftermath, but also will obtain a provocative sidelight into the local song traditions and general lore that underlie the famous passage and Alcaeus's poem. |
| Illustrations: |
chart, bibliography, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Rowman & Littlefield |
| Returns: |
Returnable |