Τα Γεωργικά by Virgil
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"Τα Γεωργικά" by Virgil is a poem likely published in 29 BCE. This agricultural work explores farming through four books covering crops, trees, livestock, and beekeeping. Far from simple pastoral verse, the poem presents agriculture as humanity's struggle against nature, weaving together technical instruction with mythological tales, including the stories of Orpheus and Eurydice. Tensions between labor and fate, golden ages and current hardships, and rural virtue versus urban corruption shape this
complex work that influenced countless later authors. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Virgil, 71 BCE-20 BCE |
|---|---|
| Translator | Theotokes, Konstantinos, 1872-1923 |
| Uniform Title | Georgics. Greek |
| Title | Τα Γεωργικά |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgics Wikipedia page about this book: el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93%CE%B5%CF%89%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AC |
| Credits | Produced by Sophia Canoni |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | Greek |
| LoC Class | PA: Language and Literatures: Classical Languages and Literature |
| Subject | Agriculture -- Poetry |
| Subject | Didactic poetry, Latin -- Translations into Greek |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 32660 |
| Release Date | Jun 2, 2010 |
| Last Update | Jan 6, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 265 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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