Didactic poem · 1921

The Georgics

Blank-verse translation

by Virgil

Translated by James Rhoades (World's Classics, 1921)

Virgil's Latin poem in four books on farming and country life: the tilling of fields, the vine and olive, the rearing of cattle, and the keeping of bees.

Contents · 4 parts

• Georgic Iabout 660 lines
• Georgic IIabout 670 lines
• Georgic IIIabout 680 lines
• Georgic IVabout 730 lines

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