Peter Fallon's translation seems anything but stilted--earthy, colorful, rhythmical, it is sheer delight. I wasn't sure at first whether a long didactic poem on agriculture would be gripping, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading the "Georgics." Many of Virgil's images and descriptions of nature are
Georgics (Oxford World's Classics)
β Scribed by Virgil
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 150
- Category
- Library
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