The Eclogues And The Georgics by Virgil
A sequence of poems that shifts from intimate pastoral dialogues—shepherds’ songs of love, rivalry, prophecy and nostalgic longing for a vanished golden age—to a practical, elevated manual of rural labor that instructs on plowing, planting, pruning, animal care and beekeeping. Combining lyrical imagery and mythic allusion with concrete agricultural counsel, the work links human toil and seasonal cycles to broader moral and political reflections, blending rustic idyll and technical expertise into a meditation on nature, labor, and social order.
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- Nationality
- Roman
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- Original Language
- Latin
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- Bucolica
- Bucolics
- Georgica
- Georgics
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