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This is a 1999 study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature. By close reading of selected passages from the Georgics the author seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals which were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition.

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"This is clearly a learned book and I have learned a lot from reading it..." Robert Cramer, Universitaet Bonn, email

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Introduction; Part I. Prima ab Origine: 1. The Old Man of the Sea; 2. Aristeia; Part II. Mirabile Dictu: 3. Ox and paradox; 4. Poeta creatus; Postscript: Sphragis; Appendix I. Proteus and Proteus; Appendix II. 4.400; Appendix III. Sparsere per agros.

Patterns of Redemption in Virgils Georgics

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      Publisher: Cambridge University Press
      Publication Date: 4/14/2011 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780521155120, 978-0521155120
      ISBN10: 0521155126
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      Literary studies: ancient, classical

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a 1999 study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature. By close reading of selected passages from the Georgics the author seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals which were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition.

      Trade Review
      "This is clearly a learned book and I have learned a lot from reading it..." Robert Cramer, Universitaet Bonn, email

      Table of Contents
      Introduction; Part I. Prima ab Origine: 1. The Old Man of the Sea; 2. Aristeia; Part II. Mirabile Dictu: 3. Ox and paradox; 4. Poeta creatus; Postscript: Sphragis; Appendix I. Proteus and Proteus; Appendix II. 4.400; Appendix III. Sparsere per agros.

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