Georgics
Author(s): Virgil, Harriet Waters Preston
Genre(s): Classics (greek & Latin Antiquity), Epics
Narrators: Lucy Kempton, Cavaet, Shreya Sethi, KevinB, Phil Schempf
Number of Chapters: 14
Length: 02 hours and 51 minutes
Language: English
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
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Book 1, Part 1:The Invocation; Spring Ploughing; Treatment of the Land; Irrigation; The Beginnings of Agriculture (Lucy Kempton)
Book 1, Part 3: Storms; The Worship Of Ceres; Weather Signs; The Portents At Julius Caesar’s Death; A Prayer for Augustus’s Success (Shreya Sethi)
Book 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Individual Species; The Effects of Climate and Location; A Celebration of Italy (KevinB)
Book 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A Vineyard (Lucy Kempton)
Book 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True Life (Lucy Kempton)
Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks (Cavaet)
Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden (Phil Schempf)
The audiobook Georgics falls under the genres of Classics (greek & Latin Antiquity), Epics. It is written by Virgil, Harriet Waters Preston.