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Zusatztext Canevaro makes an important contribution to the discussion. She provides a thorough commentary on the Works & Days ... The book is both accessible and of interest to the scholar and the general reader. Informationen zum Autor Lilah Grace Canevaro is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in Classics at the University of Edinburgh. Klappentext Hesiod's Works and Days was often performed in its entirety, but was also relentlessly excerpted, quoted, and reapplied. This volume situates the poem within these two modes of reading and argues that the text itself sustains both treatments, advocating not blind adherence to Hesiod's teachings but thinking for oneself and working for one's lesson. Zusammenfassung Hesiod's Works and Days was often performed in its entirety, but was also relentlessly excerpted, quoted, and reapplied. This volume situates the poem within these two modes of reading and argues that the text itself sustains both treatments, advocating not blind adherence to Hesiod's teachings but thinking for oneself and working for one's lesson. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1: Two Reading Traditions: Linear and Excerpting 2: Two Structuring Strategies: Tethering and Detaching 3: Two Ideals: Didacticism and Self-Sufficiency 4: Didactic Methods 5: Filling the Gaps Bibliography Index
