Georgicon by Virgil
"Georgicon" by Virgil is a poem likely published in 29 BCE. This work presents agriculture not as peaceful pastoral verse but as humanity's struggle against a hostile natural world. Divided into four books, it covers crop cultivation, viticulture, animal husbandry, and beekeeping. Through technical instruction and mythological tales—including the stories of Aristaeus and Orpheus—Virgil explores tensions between human labor and nature's power, golden ages and present realities, rural virtue and urban corruption,
weaving didactic purpose with epic drama. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Virgil, 71 BCE-20 BCE |
|---|---|
| Title | Georgicon |
| Alternate Title | The Georgics |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgics |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 37.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. |
| Language | Latin |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Didactic poetry, Latin |
| Subject | Agriculture -- Poetry |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 231 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1995 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1259 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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