Georgics
Sign in to savethumb|right|Georgics Book III, shepherd with flocks, Roman Virgil.The Georgics ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word , geōrgiká, i.e. "agricultural [things]"), the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a work characterized by tensions in both theme and purpose.
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26 sectionsContents
- Description and summary
- Book One
- Book Two
- Book Three
- Book Four
- Sources
- Greek
- Roman
- Cultural contexts
- Philosophical context
- Political context
- ''Laudes Galli''
- Repetitions in the ''Aeneid''
- Reception and influence
- Reception in antiquity
- Reception in the 18th century
- Contemporary readings
- Selected translations in English
- European georgics
- Gardening guides
- Rural pursuits
- English Georgics
- See also
- References
- Further reading
- External links
thumb|right|Georgics Book III, shepherd with flocks, Roman Virgil.The Georgics ( ; ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word , geōrgiká, i.e. "agricultural [things]"), the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a work characterized by tensions in both theme and purpose.
The Georgics is considered Virgil's second major work, following his Eclogues and preceding the Aeneid. The poem draws on a variety of prior sources and has influenced many later authors from antiquity to the present.