Virgil

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This edition presents Virgil's complete works in Latin, encompassing the "Bucolica," "Georgica," and the epic "Aeneis." Virgil, one of the most important poets in Latin literature, profoundly influenced Western art and literature. The "Bucolica" (or Eclogues) offer pastoral scenes and reflections on rural life. The "Georgica" provides instruction on agriculture and celebrates the Italian countryside. The "Aeneis," Virgil's unfinished masterpiece, recounts the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan hero, to Italy, and his founding of Rome, linking Roman history to the legends of the Trojan War. This volume, edited by Thomas Ethelbert Page, is an essential resource for students and scholars of classical literature. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Virgil wrote The Georgics in the 30s BCE at a time of political uncertainty in the Roman state and although country matters are to the fore in the selections chosen and translated in this chapbook, there is also from time to time an underlying sense of unease. The passages from Books 1, 2 and 3 have an agricultural theme, dealing respectively with raising crops, raising trees, and breeding livestock and horses and from Book 4, with bee-keeping. The chapbook ends with the concluding passage of Book 4, Virgil’s beautiful telling of the story of Orpheus and Euridice. This lively and entertaining translation from the Latin by the poet Fred Beake brings Virgil’s original poem into such sharp focus for the reader of today that it is hard to believe that it was written over two thousand years ago.