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The Georgics

Virgil, translated by James Rhoades

Read by Lucy Kempton, Cavaet, Shreya Sethi, KevinB and Phil Schempf · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License · Translated by Harriet Waters Preston

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01 - Book 1, Part 1:The Invocation; Spring Ploughing; Treatment of the Land; Irrigation; The Beginnings of Agriculture (11:35)
02 - Book 1, Part 2: Tools and Tasks; Ancient Maxims; Star-Lore; Appropriate Times for Tasks (10:03)
03 - Book 1, Part 3: Storms; The Worship Of Ceres; Weather Signs; The Portents At Julius Caesar’s Death; A Prayer for Augustus’s Success (18:38)
04 - Book 2, Part 1: Methods of Propagation; The Labour Required; Treatment Of Individual Species; The Effects of Climate and Location; A Celebration of Italy (14:07)
05 - Book 2, Part 2: The Nature of Various Soils; The Recognition of Soil Types; Planting A Vineyard (13:12)
06 - Book 2, Part 3: Care of The Vineyard; A Wealth of Trees And Plants; The Joys Of The True Life (14:43)
07 - Book 3, Part 1: Introduction; Breeding Stock (9:18)
08 - Book 3, Part 2: Care of the Sire and Dam; Care of Calves and Foals; The Dangers of Desire (11:40)
09 - Book 3, Part 3: The Care of Sheep and Goats; The Herdsmen of Africa and Scythia; Tending the Flocks (10:53)
10 - Book 3, Part 4: The Treatment of Diseases; The Plague (9:03)
11 - Book 4, Part 1: Introduction; Location and Maintenance of the Apiary; The Fighting Swarms; The Surrounding Garden (12:38)
12 - Book 4, Part 2: The Nature and Qualities of Bees; Gathering The Honey; Disease in Bees; Autogenesis of Bees (13:39)
13 - Book 4, Part 3: Aristaeus And His Mother Cyrene; The Capture of Proteus (11:50)
14 - Book 4, Part 4: Orpheus and Eurydice; Aristaeus Sacrifices to Orpheus; Virgil’s Envoi (10:18)

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