Summary
Virgil’s Georgics: An Ode to the Land
Translation of the four books of “The Georgics” (29 BCE)- Virgil’s celebration of the main aspects of Italian agriculture, ie corn, vines and olives, cattle and horses, and beekeeping. Not to be regarded as a farmer’s manual “The Georgics” represent an affirmation of the “good life” of the Italian farmer - harsh and laborious but dignified and bringing the rewards of honest contentment and the knowledge that agriculture is the only basis of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444148 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140444149 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Virgil |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 March 1983 |
| Weight: | 141g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 133mm x 200mm |
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Virgil
Virgil, born in 70 B.C., is best remembered for his masterpiece, The Aeneid. He earned great favor by portraying Augustus as a descendant of the half-god, half-man Aeneas. Although Virgil swore on his deathbed that The Aeneid was incomplete and unworthy, it has been considered one of the greatest works of Western literature for more than two thousand years.
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