Georgics

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Georgics is a didactic poem by the Roman poet Virgil that offers instruction on agriculture while reflecting on rural life, labor, and the relationship between humans and nature.

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instanceOf Latin poem ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Augustan age ⓘ
author Virgil ⓘ
Book1Focus arable farming and weather signs ⓘ
Book2Focus trees and viticulture ⓘ
Book3Focus animal husbandry ⓘ
Book4Focus beekeeping and the Aristaeus myth ⓘ
canonicalStatus major work of Latin literature ⓘ
circulation widely read in antiquity ⓘ
compositionEndTime c. 29 BC ⓘ
compositionStartTime c. 37 BC ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
dedicatedTo Maecenas ⓘ
follows Eclogues ⓘ
genre didactic poetry ⓘ
pastoral poetry ⓘ
hasPart Book 1 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics

Book 2 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics

Book 3 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics

Book 4 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
historicalContext early reign of Augustus ⓘ
influenced English Augustan poetry ⓘ
European Renaissance poetry ⓘ
later pastoral literature ⓘ
influencedBy Aratus ⓘ
linked to: Aratus of Soli

Hesiod ⓘ
Lucretius ⓘ
Works and Days ⓘ
literaryForm poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan poetry ⓘ
mainTheme agriculture ⓘ
human relationship with nature ⓘ
labor ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
metricalForm dactylic hexameter ⓘ
notableFeature blend of practical instruction and philosophical reflection ⓘ
complex tone combining optimism and pessimism ⓘ
use of mythological exempla ⓘ
numberOfBooks 4 ⓘ
precedes Aeneid ⓘ
linked to: Virgil's Aeneid
setIn idealized Italian countryside ⓘ
subjectMatter animal husbandry ⓘ
beekeeping ⓘ
farming ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
writtenInLanguage Latin ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

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Virgil → notableWork → Georgics ⓘ
Aristaeus → source → Virgil's Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Augustan age → hasMainWork → Georgics ⓘ
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice → earliestMajorSource → Virgil’s Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
myth of Orpheus and Eurydice → majorSource → Virgil’s Georgics Book 4 ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Eurydice → appearsIn → Virgil’s Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Trivia → influencedBy → Virgil’s Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Eclogues → followedBy → Georgics ⓘ
Georgics → hasPart → Book 1 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Georgics → hasPart → Book 2 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Georgics → hasPart → Book 3 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Georgics → hasPart → Book 4 of the Georgics ⓘ
linked to: Georgics
Proteus → source → Virgil's Georgics ⓘ
subject linked to: Proteus from Greek mythology
linked to: Georgics