Ancient Greek Agriculture: An Introduction [Paperback]

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.Focuses not only on the art of agriculture proper; the tools and the techniques, the plants cultivated and the animals reared, but also shows how agriculture fitted into the society of gods and men in the ancient Greek city-states.Signe Isager, Jens Erik SkydsgaardPreface 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 OTHERLAWS 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, EPILOGUEUS? 1992, 1995 Signe !sager and Jens Erik Skydsgaard