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 AgricultureBook 1, Part 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for TasksBook 1, Part 3: Storms; The Worship Of Ceres; Weather Signs; The Portents At Julius Caesar’s Death; A Prayer for Augustus’s SuccessBook 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Individual Species; The Effects of Climate and Location; A Celebration of ItalyBook 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A VineyardBook 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True LifeBook 3, Part 1: Introduction; Breeding StockBook 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of DesireBook 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the FlocksBook 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The PlagueBook 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding GardenBook 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of BeesBook 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of ProteusBook 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil’s Envoi
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