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Georgics

Georgics

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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 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for Tasks (Cavaet)
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 1: Introduction; Breeding Stock (Cavaet)
Book 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of Desire (Cavaet)
Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks (Cavaet)
Book 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The Plague (Cavaet)
Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden (Phil Schempf)
Book 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of Bees (Phil Schempf)
Book 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of Proteus (Phil Schempf)
Book 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil’s Envoi (Phil Schempf)
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