Ariadne: Resources for Athenaze

Chapter1

Culture

Thinking about ancient Greek farming

Mule resting in the shade of an olive tree

Read the Greek poet Hesiod's account of ploughing and sowing in the Works and Days, 448-78. If that link does not work, copy the following link into your browser: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0132%3Acard%3D448

When does he recommend that fields should be ploughed and planted? Why?

To whom should the farmer pray for a good crop? Why these divinities?

 

 

 

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