Download or read book God and the Land written by Stephanie A. Nelson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1998-06-11 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Works and Days" of Hesiod and Virgil's "Georgics" are fundamental texts in the Greek canon. Here Nelson brings them together with a metaphysical eye, showing how the two writers each viewed the farming lifestyle as a system of belief unto itself. A translation of Hesiod is included.