Malcolm (Tom) Sanford wrote:
>
> This has me stumped and so I am submitting it to the Bee-l and Entomo-L
> Discussion list for a possible response.  There was a thread some time back
> on famous or prominent persons who were beekeepers.  Sir Edmund Hilary and
> Henry Fonda come to mind; Peter Fonda is being nominated for the Academy
> Award this year for protraying a beekeeper in Ulee's Gold.  The Roman Pliny
> the Elder and some Greek and Roman personages were thought to be
> beekeepers; Napolean's emperor's robe had honey bees on it, but I know of
> no beekeepers as characters in classical literature or Greek or Roman
> mythology.  Perhaps someone else has more information.
>
> Tom Sanford
>
> >Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 13:59:15 -0800
> >From: Linda Prior <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: bees in lit
> >
> >I am doing a paper on beekeepers who appear as characters in literature
> >(through the ages).  Can you point me in a direction to find a few more
> >characters to write about?
> >Thanks, Linda Prior, Dept. of Lang. and Lit., Augusta State Univ.
> >Augusta, GA 30904-2200
> >[log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
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> ========================================================================The book Beekeeping in Antiquity by H. Malcolm Fraser (University of
London Press, 1931 & 1951) should have all you need. Among others it
covers Aristotle, Pliny, Virgil, Varro, Aelian, Theophrastus, Columella
nd many more. The book is a delight to read. If you have specific
questions I can look them up. Peter Barrett (aussie downunder)