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
Chapters
1 Book 1, Part 1:The Invocation; Spring Ploughing; Treatment of the Land; Irrigation; The Beginnings of Agriculture 12 min 2 Book 1, Part 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for Tasks 10 min 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 19 min 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 min 5 Book 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A Vineyard 13 min 6 Book 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True Life 15 min 7 Book 3, Part 1: Introduction; Breeding Stock 9 min 8 Book 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of Desire 12 min 9 Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks 11 min 10 Book 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The Plague 9 min 11 Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden 13 min 12 Book 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of Bees 14 min 13 Book 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of Proteus 12 min 14 Book 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil's Envoi 10 min
