Selections from Virgil's Georgics

Originally published in 1921, this book contains the Latin text of selected poems from Virgil's Georgics.

John Masson (Edited by)

9781107487161, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 19 February 2015

182 pages
17.8 x 11.1 x 1 cm, 0.14 kg

Originally published in 1921 as part of the Pitt Press series, this book contains the Latin text of selected poems from Virgil's Georgics. Masson provides an introduction to Virgil's life, poetry and style, and supplies critical notes at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life and works of Virgil.

Introduction: 1. Historical
2. Personal
3. Virgil's attitude to ethics and religion in the Georgics
4. Virgil's borrowings
his style, metre
aim of the poem
5. Virgil's influence on the earliest British nature-poetry
Text: Georgic I
Georgic II
Georgic II
Georgic III
Georgic IV
Notes
Addenda
Vocabulary
General index to the notes.

Subject Areas: Classical history / classical civilisation [HBLA1]