Georgics
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The Georgics is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests, the subject of the poem is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a w
Georgics Book III, shepherd with flocks, Roman Virgil.
One of four Polish frieze paintings in the King's palace at Wilanów illustrating Georgics Book I, 1683
Fourth book of Virgil's Georgics in ms. Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vaticanus Palatinus lat. 1632, fol. 51v.
Cristoforo Majorana – Leaf from Eclogues, Georgics and Aeneid – Walters W40016V – Open Reverse
Virgil
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Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the
Georgics
…The Georgics ( JOR-jiks; Latin: Georgica ) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from the Greek word γεωργικά, geōrgiká, i.e. "agricultural [things]"), the subject of the poem is…
![A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between Clio and Melpomene (from Hadrumetum [Sousse], Tunisia)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Virgil_mosaic_in_the_Bardo_National_Museum_%28Tunis%29_%2812241228546%29.jpg/500px-Virgil_mosaic_in_the_Bardo_National_Museum_%28Tunis%29_%2812241228546%29.jpg)
A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between Clio and Melpomene (from Hadrumetum [Sousse], Tunisia)
Modern bust of Virgil at the entrance to his crypt in Naples
Painting of Virgil's Tomb, with the Figure of Silius Italicus by Joseph Wright of Derby
Virgil's tomb in Naples, Italy