Heat and Lust: Hesiod's Midsummer Festival Scene Revisited

by Jonathan Petropoulos

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0847679012
• ISBN13: 9780847679010
• Release Date: October 1994
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 130 Pages