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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Predicate Object
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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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