Ancient Greek agriculture : an introduction / Signe Isager, Jens Erik Skydsgaard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Isager, Signe, author.

Skydsgaard Isager Staff, Corporate Author.

Skydsgaard, Jens Erik, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Agriculture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (245 p.)

Edition:

1st paperback ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Routledge, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The initial focus of Ancient Greek Agriculture is firmly on the art of agriculture proper, the tools and the technique, the plants cultivated and the animals reared. Thereafter, Isager and Skydsgaard focus on the position of agriculture in the society of gods and men in the Greek city-states . The arguments of Ancient Greek Agriculture are strengthened by the book's close adherence to contemporary Greek sources, literary as well as archaeological, avoiding the use of later as well as Roman material.

Contents:

Cover; ANCIENT GREEK AGRICULTURE: An introduction; Copyright; CONTENTS; LIST OF PLATES AND FIGURES; PREFACE; Part I THE ART OF AGRICULTURE; INTRODUCTION; 1 THE GEOGRAPHICAL BACKGROUND; 2 TILLING AND CROPS; 3 AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS; 4 AGRICULTURAL BUILDING; 5 ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; 6 AGRARIAN SYSTEMS; Part II STATE AND AGRICULTURE; INTRODUCTION; 7 PRIVATE LAND; 8 TAXES IN AGRICULTURE; 9 OTHER LAWS; 10 LABOUR AND STATE; Part III GODS AND AGRICULTURE; INTRODUCTION; 11 THE CALENDAR; 12 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR THE GODS; 13 LAND BELONGING TO THE GODS; 14 THE ANIMALS OF THE GODS; EPILOGUE

APPENDIX: THE SACRED OLIVESBIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF PASSAGES CITED; GENERAL INDEX

Notes:

First published 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-134-81826-2

9786610110544

1-134-81827-0

1-280-11054-6

0-585-46110-4

0-203-03774-X

9780203037744

OCLC:

52752730