Heat and Lust: Hesiod's Midsummer Festival Scene Revisited

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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.

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0847679012

ISBN13:9780847679010

Release Date:October 1994

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Length:130 Pages

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