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Pastoralism Arcadia mountainous region of ancient Greece; legendary for pastoral innocence of people. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 136; Rom. Lit.: Eclogues; Span. Lit.: Arcadia] Arcadian goddess, patronness of new, green crops. [Gk. Myth.: Parrinder, 62] Sicilian shepherd-flautist; invented bucolic poetry. [Rom. Myth.: LLEI, I:326] short pieces by Roman poet Vergil with pastoral setting. [Rom. Lit.: Benét, 1053] classic idyllic love between princess and shepherd. [Dutch Lit.: Granida, Hall, 141] Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major; hymn to nature. [Ger. Music: Thompson, 1634] poet; rhapsodized over charm of rustic life. [Gk. Lit.: Brewer Dictionary, 813] Thoreau’s classic; advocates a return to nature. [Am. Lit.: Van Doren, 208] long poem by Hesiod, considered a farmers’ almanac of ancient Greece. [Gk. Lit.: Benét, 1102] |
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| Furthermore, the biblical personages were not kings, but apparently pastoralists. Her findings from Chad indicated that sharing transport logistics and cold chain equipment between the public health and veterinary sectors in the most remote areas reduced total program delivery costs, was highly valued by pastoralists, and was an important strategy to connect hard-to-reach populations with needed vaccinations such as for measles and polio for children and anthrax for livestock. Three-quarters of the native peoples would have died on first contact with Europeans; sterility induced by venereal disease, alcohol, neglect and malnutrition would have reduced their numbers further; the invading herds and flocks would have displaced traditional food sources as the hunter-gatherers were everywhere pushed aside into reserves by the advancing cultivators and pastoralists. |
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