Georgics

by Virgil

14 chapters2h 51mEnglish1881

About this book

Virgil's Georgics are the second of the three major poetic works ascribed to the poet. It was published probably around 29 BC and, as the name suggests, the subject of the poem is agriculture. Divided into four books, it is also the shortest of Virgil's main poetry, with only 2188 hexametric verses. The poem draws on a variety of prior sources and has influenced many later authors from antiquity to the present. - Summary by Leni

Chapters (14)

1Book 1, Part 1:The Invocation; Spring Ploughing; Treatment of the Land; Irrigation; The Beginnings of Agriculture

695

2Book 1, Part 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for Tasks

603

3Book 1, Part 3: Storms; The Worship Of Ceres; Weather Signs; The Portents At Julius Caesar’s Death; A Prayer for Augustus’s Success

1119

4Book 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Individual Species; The Effects of Climate and Location; A Celebration of Italy

848

5Book 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A Vineyard

792

6Book 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True Life

883

7Book 3, Part 1: Introduction; Breeding Stock

558

8Book 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of Desire

700

9Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks

653

10Book 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The Plague

544

11Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden

759

12Book 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of Bees

820

13Book 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of Proteus

711

14Book 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil’s Envoi

618

Georgics

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