Vergil · Didactic poetry
The complete
Georgics.
All four books with J. B. Greenough’s Latin text, selectable translations by James Rhoades and John Dryden, and local Lewis & Short word study.
Introductions & notes →I→II→III→IV→
Book I · lines 1–514
Fields and Seasons
Cultivation, weather, labor, and the disorders of the Roman world.Book II · lines 1–542
Trees and Vines
The cultivation of trees opens into praise of Italy and rural life.Book III · lines 1–566
Herds and Plague
Animal husbandry culminates in the catastrophic plague of Noricum.Book IV · lines 1–566
Bees and Aristaeus
The ordered life of bees gives way to Aristaeus, Orpheus, and Eurydice.Latin: J. B. Greenough (1881) · English: James Rhoades (1921) and John Dryden (1697) · Digital texts: Perseus Digital Library, Internet Archive, and Project Gutenberg