TY - BOOK AU - Usher,M.D. TI - How to Be a Farmer: An Ancient Guide to Life on the Land T2 - Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers SN - 9780691224732 AV - PA3621 .H58 2021 U1 - 880 23 PY - 2021///] CY - Princeton, NJ : PB - Princeton University Press, KW - Agriculture, Ancient KW - Greece KW - Literary collections KW - Rome KW - Classical literature KW - Translations into English KW - Country life KW - Farm life KW - PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical KW - bisacsh KW - Agriculture (Chinese mythology) KW - Agriculture KW - Agronomy KW - Anecdote KW - Animal welfare KW - Arval Brethren KW - Aulularia KW - Autoeroticism KW - Barley water KW - Barley KW - Biodynamic agriculture KW - Bonus Eventus KW - Bread KW - Bumper crop KW - By Nature KW - Cattle KW - Chaff (countermeasure) KW - Cleanthes KW - Compost KW - Confectionery KW - Coriander KW - Country Living KW - Cuisine KW - Customer KW - De Agri Cultura KW - De rerum natura KW - Diogenes of Sinope KW - Divinity (academic discipline) KW - Earthenware KW - Even working KW - Family farm KW - Firewood KW - Flour KW - Fodder KW - Gaius Furius Chresimus KW - Grazing KW - Groat (grain) KW - Hesiod KW - Highland cattle KW - Household KW - Keeping up with the Joneses KW - Latifundium KW - Life on Land KW - Lifestyle (sociology) KW - Livelihood KW - Livestock KW - Loaf KW - Loeb Classical Library KW - Longus KW - Lucretius KW - Lympha KW - Manual labour KW - Manure KW - Meal KW - Military tribune KW - Millet KW - Moral development KW - My Neighbor KW - New Harvest KW - Nobility KW - Ox KW - Parilia KW - Pasture KW - Philosopher KW - Philosophy KW - Pilumnus KW - Plautus KW - Plebs KW - Pliny the Elder KW - Plough KW - Plowshare KW - Poetry KW - Poor Richard's Almanack KW - Priapus KW - Robigalia KW - Sabines KW - Satire KW - Satyr KW - Self-sufficiency KW - Simple living KW - Slavery KW - Smallholding KW - Social capital KW - Sowing KW - Spelt KW - Staple food KW - State religion KW - Stoicism KW - Suovetaurilia KW - Supper KW - Sustainable living KW - Trojan War KW - Vegetable KW - Vinalia KW - Virgil KW - Wealth KW - Wendell Berry KW - Wheat flour KW - William Blake KW - Working animal N1 - Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1 Keeping Up with the Joneses. Livelihood Is Hard to Come By (Hesiod, Works & Days 1–46) --; 2 The Benefits of Righteous Living (Hesiod, Works & Days 213–247) --; 3 On Work and Wealth (Hesiod, Works & Days 286–319 and 381–382) --; 4 Cultivating Good Neighbors. On Thrift (Hesiod, Works & Days 342–369) --; 5 Procrastination. Good and Bad Days (Hesiod, Works & Days 410–413 and 825) --; 6 A Bucolic Utopia (Plato, Republic 368d–373a) --; 7 The Philosophy of Compost (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 1.146–264) --; 7 The Philosophy of Compost (Lucretius, De Rerum Natura 1.146–264) --; 9 The Prestige and Antiquity of Rearing Livestock (Varro, Res Rusticae 2.1.6–10) --; 10 Praise for the Countryside (Vergil, Georgics 2.458–540) --; 11 Reverie of a Would-Be Farmer (Horace, Epodes 1.2) --; 12 Simple Tastes (Horace, Odes 3.1) --; 13 Avoiding the Rat Race (Horace, Satires 2.6) --; 14 Culture from Agriculture (Pliny the Elder, Natural History 18.1.5–3.14) --; 15 The Ideal of Smallholding (Pliny the Elder, Natural History 18.4.17–23 and 18.7.35 and 18.8.41–43) --; 15 The Ideal of Smallholding (Pliny the Elder, Natural History 18.4.17–23 and 18.7.35 and 18.8.41–43) --; 17 Getting and Naming a Dog (Columella, De Re Rustica 7.12) --; 18 On Asses (Columella, De Re Rustica 7.1) --; 19 What to Look for in a Ram (Columella, De Re Rustica 7.3.3) --; 20 The Joint Venture Farm (Columella, De Re Rustica Book 12, Preface and §1) --; 21 Why Farming Is the Best Job for a Philosopher (Musonius Rufus, Lecture No. 11) --; 22 A Garden on Lesbos (Longus, Daphnis & Chloe 4.1–2) --; 23 The Numinous Landscape (Homeric Hymns No. 30; Orphic Hymns No. 10; Cato, De Agricultura 134, 139–141) --; 24 A Farmer’s Memorial (Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum 11.600) --; NOTES --; PASSAGES TRANSLATED; restricted access N2 - A delightful anthology of classical Greek and Roman writings celebrating country living—ranging from a philosophy of compost to hymns to the gods of agricultureWhether you farm or garden, live in the country or long to move there, or simply enjoy an occasional rural retreat, you will be delighted by this cornucopia of writings about living and working on the land, harvested from the fertile fields of ancient Greek and Roman literature. An inspiring antidote to the digital age, How to Be a Farmer evokes the beauty and bounty of nature with a rich mixture of philosophy, practical advice, history, and humor. Together, these timeless reflections on what the Greeks called boukolika and the Romans res rusticae provide an entertaining and enlightening guide to a more meaningful and sustainable way of life.In fresh translations by classicist and farmer M. D. Usher, with the original texts on facing pages, Hesiod praises the dignity of labor; Plato describes the rustic simplicity of his ideal republic; Varro dedicates a farming manual to his wife, Fundania (“Mrs. Farmer”); and Vergil idealizes farmers as residents of the Golden Age. In other selections, Horace extols the joys of simple living at his cherished country farm; Pliny the Elder explains why all culture stems from agriculture; Columella praises donkeys and tells how to choose a ram or a dog; Musonius Rufus argues that farming is the best livelihood for a philosopher; and there is much more.Proof that farming is ultimately a state of mind we should all cultivate, How to Be a Farmer will charm anyone who loves nature or its fruits UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691224732?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780691224732 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780691224732/original ER -