Virgil, Vol. 1
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Excerpt from Virgil, Vol. 1: Georgics, Book III, IV The evidence of later Roman agricultural writers clearly shows that to them it presented no difficulty. Even in this country and at the present day, allowance being made for differences of soil and climate, many of Virgil´s rules and methods of agriculture are worthy of attention. Virgil´s professed purpose was to give practical instruction in everything connected with agriculture, a theme well worthy of a nation, whose highest magistrates in olden days - Cincinnatus, Fabricius, Curius Dentatus, and the rest - had been cultivators of the soil. Regarded from this point of view, the Georgies form one of a series of treatises de Re Rustica, extending from about the third century B. C. to the first century of our era. Publius Vergilius Maro, the son of a small landowner, was born at Andes, near Mantua. When about seventeen years of age, he removed to Rome, and, after a short course of rhetoric, began the study of philosophy under Siron, the Epicurean. We learn from one of his minor poems, written about this time, and more especially from the well-known passage in Georg, ii. 475, etc., that natural science had peculiar attractions for his mind. That the recently published poem of Lucretius, de Rerum Natura exercised a powerful influence in determining the direction of his studies we shall presently see. How long Virgil remained in Rome is uncertain; but after some years he returned to his native Andes, where in the diligent pursuit of farm-work he gained that practical experience which was hereafter to bear fruit in the Georgies. During the interval between 42 or 41 and 37 B. C., he was employed upon the Eclogues, a set of pastoral or bucolic poems, chiefly in imitation of the Idylls of Theocritus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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