The Georgics of Virgil : a translation / by David Ferry.

The Georgics celebrates crops, trees, and animals - and, above all, the human beings who care for them. It takes the form of teaching about this care: the tilling of fields, the tending of vines, the raising of cattle and bees. There's joy in the detail of Virgil's descriptions of work wel...

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Main Author: Virgil
Other Authors: Ferry, David, 1924-
Format: Book
Language:English
Latin
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2006.
Edition:1st paperback edition
Subjects:
Uniform Title:Georgica.

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