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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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Book 1, Part 1:The Invocation; Spring Ploughing; Treatment of the Land; Irrigation; The Beginnings of Agriculture
11:35 - Chapter 2
Book 1, Part 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for Tasks
10:03 - Chapter 3
Book 1, Part 3: Storms; The Worship Of Ceres; Weather Signs; The Portents At Julius Caesar’s Death; A Prayer for Augustus’s Success
18:39 - Chapter 4
Book 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Individual Species; The Effects of Climate and Location; A Celebration of Italy
14:08 - Chapter 5
Book 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A Vineyard
13:12 - Chapter 6
Book 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True Life
14:43 - Chapter 7
Book 3, Part 1: Introduction; Breeding Stock
09:18 - Chapter 8
Book 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of Desire
11:40 - Chapter 9
Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks
10:53 - Chapter 10
Book 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The Plague
09:04 - Chapter 11
Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden
12:39 - Chapter 12
Book 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of Bees
13:40 - Chapter 13
Book 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of Proteus
11:51 - Chapter 14
Book 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil’s Envoi
10:18