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In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. External Relations: Ascra and Thespiae 3. Internal Relations: Ascra as Community 4. The Agricultural Regime of Works and Days 5. The Shape of Hesiod's Ascra 6. Persuading Perses Works Cited Index

Hesiods Ascra

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 26/02/2004
      ISBN13: 9780520236585, 978-0520236585
      ISBN10: 0520236580

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In "Works and Days", the poet writes of farming, morality, and what seems to be a very nasty quarrel with his brother Perses over their inheritance. This book extracts from the poem a picture of the social structure of Ascra, the hamlet in northern Greece where Hesiod lived, most likely during the seventh century bce.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Preface 1. Introduction 2. External Relations: Ascra and Thespiae 3. Internal Relations: Ascra as Community 4. The Agricultural Regime of Works and Days 5. The Shape of Hesiod's Ascra 6. Persuading Perses Works Cited Index

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