Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgics

Release date is 1995-03-01

"The Georgics" by Virgil is a poem likely published in 29 BCE. This four-book work addresses agriculture—from plowing and planting to viticulture and beekeeping—but transcends simple farming instruction. Virgil weaves tensions between human labor and nature's hostility, golden ages and present struggles, peaceful rural life and violent destruction. The poem moves from technical advice through praise of Italy to animal husbandry, concluding with bees as a model for society and the haunting tale of Orpheus and Eurydice nested within. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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