Reviews for The Eclogues: The Georgics

The average rating for The Eclogues: The Georgics based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-04-08 00:00:00 Hector Salgado I enjoyed the Eclogues, particularly: I, II, III & VII. The Georgics were not to my taste, although I suspect this may partly be due to the translation.

Review # 2 was written on 2020-06-30 00:00:00 Brenda Censori His first poetic collection, the Bucolics, features shepherds who talk, exchanging their ideas and sharing their feelings. This feature allows Virgil to sing his love for nature which is both a source of nostalgia and fulfilment. But it is also an opportunity for him to express his dismay at the civil unrest of the time. The Georgics retain the country decor. This poem has, unlike the collection of the Bucolics, an academic aspect. The author describes the works of the earth by releasing their techniques, and especially, by extolling their unknown charms. By giving an example to the citizens of country life, which he praises the simplicity and wholesomeness, Virgil brings in some way, its contribution to the politics of the time! But he does not lower himself to a kind of simplistic propaganda. The Georgics is like a hymn to essential values, a great song of the beauty and grandeur of nature.