Georgics

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Virgil, Author.

Contributor:

Mynors, Roger A, Contributor.

Standardized Title:

Georgica

Language:

Latin

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xci, 345 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon, 1994.

Language Note:

Latin

Summary:

Virgil's Georgics, considered to be one of the great poems of Western literature, is ostensibly a didactic poem on agriculture. Challenging this idea, the late Sir Roger Mynors argues that the poem's true subject is humanity and its place in nature and society. The poem is also a landmark inthe use of the natural world as material for literature and of special interest because the poet draws not only on his own experience but also on his wide reading of Greek poetry. This commentary examines Virgil's meaning and choice of expression to provide a fuller understanding of thepoetry.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-181926-3

1-280-76384-1

9786610763849

OCLC:

1027199906