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Poem by Virgil
The Georgics (/ˈdʒɔːrdʒɪks/ JOR-jiks; Latin: Georgica [ɡeˈoːrɡɪka]) is a poem by Latin poet Virgil, likely published in 29 BCE. As the name suggests (from
Georgics
1st-century-BC Roman poet
most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. Some minor poems, collected in the Appendix Vergiliana
Virgil
Topics referred to by the same term
Georgic is the singular of Georgics, a poem by Virgil. Georgic may also refer to: SS Georgic, a British steamship of the White Star Line MV Georgic, a
Georgic_(disambiguation)
Latin phrase meaning "time flies"
not 'flies'. The expression comes from line 284 of book 3 of Virgil's Georgics, where it appears as fugit irreparabile tempus: "it escapes, irretrievable
Tempus_fugit
Practice of the ancient Mediterranean
practice. The process is described by Virgil in the fourth book of the Georgics. Multiple other writers mention the practice. A detailed description of
Bugonia
Greek Sea nymphs, daughters of Nereus
Apollodorus, 1.2.2 & 1.4.5 Virgil, Georgics 4.346 Virgil, Georgics 4.343 Hesiod, Theogony 349–361; Apollodorus, 1.2.2 Virgil, Georgics 4.341; Nonnus, Dionysiaca
Nereids
Ocean liner scrapped 1956
MV Georgic was the last ship built for the White Star Line before its merger with the Cunard Line. Built at Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, she
MV_Georgic
British steam ship
SS Georgic was a steamship built by Harland & Wolff for the White Star Line to replace SS Naronic which was lost at sea. She was initially named the Fordic
SS_Georgic
Early illustrated copy of Virgil
of the Georgics through a command of pastoral and genre scenes by competent artists. The illustrations in the Aeneid are mixed with the Georgics; however
Vergilius_Vaticanus
Georgic and Merlin is a French fairy tale collected by François Cadic in "La Paroisse bretonne". It is Aarne-Thompson type 502. The oldest known tale
Georgic_and_Merlin
Verse from "Georgics" by Virgil
de Genève à la France, (Perrin, 1936), 221. Virgil (1999). "Georgics". Eclogues; Georgics; Aeneid I- VI. Translated by H. Roushton Fairclough. Cambridge
Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas
Felix,_qui_potuit_rerum_cognoscere_causas
One of the sirens in Greek mythology
Alexandra 720-726 Servius commentary on Virgil, Georgics 4.562 Miles, Gary B. (1980). Virgil's Georgics: A New Interpretation. Berkeley and Los Angeles:
Parthenope_(siren)
God of rural crafts in Greek mythology
Aristaeus settled for a time in the Vale of Tempe. By the time of Virgil's Georgics, the myth has Aristaeus chasing Eurydice when she was bitten by a serpent
Aristaeus
Sol-Luna Ceres-Liber Robigus-Flora Minerva-Venus Lympha-Bonus Eventus In his Georgics, a collection of poetry on agrarian themes, Vergil gives a list influenced
List of Roman agricultural deities
List_of_Roman_agricultural_deities
1926 poem by Vita Sackville-West
leaving that Sackville-West had “an idea of writing a sort of English Georgics”. It has been speculated that the poem was a response to the homesickness
The_Land_(poem)
1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher
influence on the Augustan poets, particularly Virgil (in his Aeneid and Georgics, and to a lesser extent on the Eclogues) and Horace. The work was almost
Lucretius
Group of Greek gods
Lexicon. Vitruvius 1.6.13. Lucretius 1.405. Pliny the Elder 2.48. Virgil, Georgics, 3.356. Hdt. 7.189.3. Apollonius of Rhodes, Apollonius Rhodius: the Argonautica
Anemoi
Ancient Roman goddess
535-539, trans Humphries Virgil, Georgics 1.38 Miles, p. 68 Virgil (2002). "English translation online". Georgics. Translated by Kline, A.S. Book 4,
Proserpina
Latin personification of envy
emotions and applied to a passage in Virgil's Georgics by Robert A. Kaster, "Invidia and the End of Georgics 1" Phoenix 56.3/4 (Autumn - Winter, 2002:275-295)
Invidia
Deity name used in Greek mythology
Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Virgil, Georgics 4.343 This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's Georgics 4.343 which suggests that Ephyra
Ephyra_(mythology)
Unfinished motor vessel
planned Oceanic was replaced by two smaller ships, MV Britannic and MV Georgic. Oceanic was intended to be 1,050 feet (320 m) and 85,000 tons. By the
Oceanic_(unfinished_ship)
English agricultural pioneer (1674–1741)
techniques found in Virgil's Georgics and his rejection of traditional, "Virgilian" husbandry. Throughout the 18th century, Georgics, a didactic poem written
Jethro_Tull_(agriculturist)
Ancient Greek goddess
salty and undrinkable. In an alternative version of the myth from Vergil's Georgics, Poseidon instead gave the Athenians the first horse. Athena offered the
Athena
Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Virgil, Georgics 4.343 This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's Georgics 4.343 which suggests that Opis was
Opis_(mythology)
Ancient Greek mythological figures
Virgil's Georgics, notes that Ovid followed Nicander's version of the tale, instead of Theodorus's starring another Alcyone. Virgil in the Georgics also alludes
Alcyone_and_Ceyx
King in Greek mythology
56. Katharina Volk, Vergil's Georgics (Oxford University Press, 2008), p. 60. FGrH 12 F1 (=Probus on Virgil Georgics 3.267). Ogden, Daniel (2021). "'The
Glaucus_(son_of_Sisyphus)
Genre relating to shepherds and the countryside
Georgics Book III, Shepherd with Flocks, Virgil (Vatican Library)
Pastoral
Scottish poem about the West Indies
wander'd in the groves Of myrtle-indolence, attempts to sing. Like Virgil's Georgics, the work is organized in four books, of which the first describes the
The_Sugar_Cane
Literary genre
the adoration of the Magi. The lines of Vergil used, from his Aeneid and Georgics, are indicated on the left (e.g. 6.255 points to book 6, line 255); or
Cento_(poetry)
Ancient Greek god of the wilds, shepherds, and flocks
Selene; Virgil, Georgics 3.391–93 has Pan capturing and deceiving Luna with the gift of a fleece; Servius, Commentary on the Georgics of Vergil 391 ascribes
Pan_(god)
Deities in Greek mythology
ISBN 9780874365818. Apollodorus, 1.2.2. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface. Virgil, Georgics 4.343 Pausanias, Graeciae Descriptio 3.24.5 Apollodorus, The Library with
Asia_(mythology)
White Star motor vessel, 1929-1961
Her running mate ship was the MV Georgic. In 1934 White Star merged with Cunard Line; however, both Britannic and Georgic retained their White Star Line
MV_Britannic
Term denoting a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity
composed his Georgics (29 BCE), modeled directly on Hesiod's Works and Days and similar Greek works. Ostensibly about agriculture, the Georgics are in fact
Golden_Age
2025 film by Yorgos Lanthimos
ritual described in some ancient Mediterranean texts, including Virgil's Georgics. It involves sacrificing a cow, believing that bees would spontaneously
Bugonia_(film)
5th century illustrated manuscript
illustrated manuscript of the works of Virgil. It contains the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. It is one of the oldest and most important Vergilian
Vergilius_Romanus
Greek goddess of spring and the queen of the underworld
extreme power, and perhaps did not return above; Virgil for example in Georgics writes that "Proserpina cares not to follow her mother", – though note
Persephone
Nereid of Greek mythology
and a slender pale neck. Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Virgil, Georgics 4.336 Virgil, Georgics 4.336 Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae from The Myths of Hyginus
Phyllodoce_(mythology)
Dog breed
edu. Retrieved 14 November 2025. LATIN: Virgil. Georgics, Book 3, line 405. ENGLISH: Virgil. The Georgics, Book 3, line 405. Translated by John Dryden,
Laconian_(dog)
River mentioned in Greek mythology
honor of the mythological river. Hesiod, Theogony 338 & 366–370 Virgil, Georgics 1.482 Herodotus, Histories 3.115; cfr. ibd. 106 f. Apollonius of Rhodes
Eridanos_(mythological_river)
French Poet
poet who came to national prominence with his translation of Virgil’s Georgics and made an international reputation with his didactic poem on gardening
Jacques_Delille
Female name of several Greek mythological figures
Publishers. p. 346. ISBN 9780786471119. Hesiod, Theogony 356; Virgil, Georgics 4.336 Hyginus, Fabulae Preface Emma J. Edelstein; Ludwig Edelstein, eds
Xanthe_(mythology)
Species of plant
vinegar The suggestion by the American Herbal Products Association of Virgil Georgics 2.213 is the word roremque LSJ provides "Hor. O. 3, 23, 16" as an indication
Rosemary
Ancient Greek legend
constellation. In Virgil's classic version of the legend, it completes his Georgics, a poem on the subject of agriculture. Here the name of Aristaeus, or Aristaios
Orpheus_and_Eurydice
Mythological weaver who was transformed into a spider
General Directorate of Antiquities and Restoration: 95. 1971. Virgil, Georgics 4.246 ff Lucian (1967). Soloecista. Lucius or The Ass. Amores. Halcyon
Arachne
Greek mythological figures
McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 216. ISBN 9780786471119. Virgil, Georgics 4.336 Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 339 & 348 Tzetzes, Chiliades 6.40 Lycophron
Ligeia_(mythology)
Former British shipping line
the White Star flag on the last two White Star liners, MV Georgic and MV Britannic. Georgic was scrapped in 1956, while Britannic made the final Liverpool–New
Cunard-White_Star_Line
Mythological youth beloved by Apollo or other deities
Mythographers, 2008:17 Virgil, Georgics 1.20: et teneram ab radice ferens, Silvane, cupressum. Servius, note to Georgics 1.20 (Latin). Hic amavit puerum
Cyparissus
Nymph, mother of Aristaeus by Apollo
recover his bees. Diodorus Siculus, 4.81.1 Hyginus, Fabulae 161; Virgil, Georgics 4.320 Scholia ad Pindar, Pythian Ode 9.31 Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica
Cyrene_(mythology)
German priest, theologian and author (1483–1546)
he has been a shepherd for five years. No one can understand Virgil's Georgics, unless he has been a farmer for five years. No one can understand Cicero's
Martin_Luther
McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 102. ISBN 9780786471119. Virgil, Georgics 4.343 "Dēĭŏpēa". A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's
Deiopea_(mythology)
Roman tutelary deity of woods
Lachmann, Georg Reimer ed., Berlin, 1848, p302 de Vaan 2008, p. 564. Virgil. Georgics I.20-1. Plutarch. Parallel Lives. Min. 22. Dio Cassius, Roman History 45
Silvanus_(mythology)
Pastoral poem by the Latin poet Virgil
beautiful". Lord Macaulay had an almost unbounded admiration for it. "The Georgics pleased me better [than the Aeneid]; the Eclogues best,—the second and
Eclogue_10
Legendary musician, poet, and prophet in Greek mythology
Virgil, who first introduces the name of Aristaeus (by the time of Virgil's Georgics, the myth has Aristaeus chasing Eurydice when she was bitten by a serpent)
Orpheus
Set of mythological Greek characters
Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 110. ISBN 0-19-281490-7. Virgil, Georgics 4.341 Bane, Theresa (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and
Clio_(mythology)
British classical scholar (1903–1989)
achievement of his scholarly career, a comprehensive commentary on Virgil's Georgics, was published posthumously. Mynors was created Knight Bachelor in 1963
R._A._B._Mynors
Ancient Greek goddess of the Moon
Virgil, Georgics 3.391–393. Hard, p. 46; Gantz, p. 36; Kerényi, pp. 175, 196; Grimal, s.v. Selene; Keightley, p. 55; Servius, Commentary on the Georgics of
Selene
Greek mythological figure
BC) Apollonius of Rhodes, Argonautica 3.1086 (3rd century BC) Virgil, Georgics 1.62 (29 BC) Gaius Julius Hyginus, Fabulae 153; Poeticon astronomicon 2
Deucalion
Mythical prince of Troy
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Deiphobus
List of Greek mythological figures
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Pallas_(mythology)
Set index of characters from Greek mythology
burn the ships when they are Italy. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 41.150–154 Virgil, Georgics 4.341 Nonnus Dionysiaca 41.97–119. Nonnus Dionysiaca 41.136; 43.372–418
Beroe_(mythology)
1793 recipe book by Marco Lastri
Ricette veterinarie e georgiche (English: Veterinary and georgic recipes) is a work by the Florentine writer Marco Lastri, first published in 1793. The
Veterinary and georgic recipes
Veterinary_and_georgic_recipes
Character in the epic poem The Aeneid
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Abaris_(Aeneid)
(Parisian, Florentine). Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v. Akragantes Virgil, Georgics 4.341 calls Clio and Beroe "sisters, ocean-children both", possibly meaning
List_of_Oceanids
Wife of Orpheus in Greek mythology
OCLC 50447697. Lee, M. Owen. 1996. Virgil as Orpheus: A Study of the Georgics. Albany: State University of New York Press. p. 9. Symposium 179d-e. Graves
Eurydice
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
List_of_children_of_Priam
King of the Lapiths in Greek mythology
Pindar, Pythian Ode 2 The meticulous Pindar mentions the feathers. Virgil, Georgics 3.39 & 4.486; Ovid, Metamorphoses 4.461–465 & 10.42 Kerenyi (1951), p. 160
Ixion
Muse of epic poetry
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Calliope
Ancient Greek goddess and mother of the gods
Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Virgil, Georgics in Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Online
Rhea_(mythology)
Prophetic god of bodies of water in Greek mythology
original". gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2026-03-17. "Virgil (70 BC–19 BC) - The Georgics: Book IV". www.poetryintranslation.com. Retrieved 2026-03-17. Euripides
Proteus
Sicilian natural fountain that features in mythology and literature
related to Fonte Aretusa (Syracuse). Suda Encyclopedia. § al.3416. Virgil, Georgics 4.344 Melville, Herman (1951) [1851]. "Chapter XLI". Moby-Dick. Random
Fountain_of_Arethusa
Nymphs that bring rain in Greek mythology
Astronomy fr. 2 (in Theon on Aratus, Phaenomena 254) Servius on Virgil's Georgics 1.138 Eustathius on Homer's Iliad 1156 Hyginus, Fabulae 192 & 248 "Taurus'
Hyades_(mythology)
Historic ethnic confederation of Alpine tribes
place name Roma, rather than vice versa.). Virgil [70 BC-19 BC] in his Georgics II praises a person named 'Rhaetian' for the quality of wine grapes from
Rhaetian_people
Nymph in Greek mythology
Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Aeneid 1.744 Servius, Commentary on Virgil's Georgics 1.138 Libanius, Progymnasmata 12 Daniel J. Geagan. "The Athenian Constitution
Callisto_(mythology)
Poem by Virgil
lost their land, but he was clearly not entirely successful, since in Georgics 2.198 he states that Mantua unhappily had lost its land. Virgil is said
Eclogue_9
Ancient warrior
Florus, Livy, Polybius, Sallust and Zonaras. Virgil mentions them in The Georgics, and Ovid in Metamorphoses. In the modern era, Miquel Costa i Llobera mentioned
Balearic_slinger
Figure of speech using indirect reference
private language. In discussing the richly allusive poetry of Virgil's Georgics, R. F. Thomas distinguished six categories of allusive reference, which
Allusion
Fabulae Preface Statius, Silvae 2.2.20 Homer, Iliad 18.39-51 Virgil, Georgics 4.338 Virgil, Aeneid 5.826 Virgil, Aeneid 10.220 ff Gaius Julius Hyginus
Cymodoce_(mythology)
Ruler of the Titans in Greek mythology
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available
Cronus
Mottos that appear on the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States
J. B. Greenough, Ed. Virgil; Mackail, J. W. (1910). The Eclogues and Georgics of Virgil. London: Longmans, Green, and co. p. 14. Lewis and Short, A Latin
Novus_ordo_seclorum
Greek mythological person
206. Pseudo-Probus, On Virgil's Georgics 1.399 Gildenhard 2017, p. 164. Ovid, Metamorphoses 11.410-748 Virgil, Georgics 1.399; Apollodorus, Bibliotheca
Alcyone_(daughter_of_Sciron)
Roman political advisor (d. 8 BCE)
"Mecoenas" in England in the 1570s. Maecenas supported Virgil, who wrote the Georgics in his honour. It was Virgil, impressed with examples of Horace's poetry
Gaius_Maecenas
Dog breed
747. Statius, Silvae, II. VI. 19. Statius, Thebaid, III. 203. Virgil, Georgics, III. 405. Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, 12.57 Peck, Harry Thurston (1898)
Molossian_hound
Latin phrase
phrase meaning "Work conquers all". The phrase is adapted from Virgil's Georgics, Book I, lines 145–6: ...Labor omnia vicit / improbus ("Steady work overcame
Labor_omnia_vincit
Ancient Greek mythological figure
Amythaonidae. Virgil, Georgics 3.550; Columella 10.348 Strabo, 8. p. 372 Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics of Vergil. J. B. Greenough
Amythaonius
1937 British film
title is a reference to the expression ultima Thule, coined by Virgil (Georgics 1:30). The film is the story of the depopulation of one of the isolated
The_Edge_of_the_World
In Greek mythology, close friend of Aeneas
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Achates_(Aeneid)
Species of conifer
Mythologiae 2.9. Ovid, Metamorphoses 10.106ff. Servius, note to Vergil's Georgics 1.20. Kalimi, Isaac (2018). Writing and Rewriting the Story of Solomon
Cupressus_sempervirens
Greek didactic poet (c. 315/310–240 BC)
imitation of Hesiod, and to have been imitated by Virgil in some parts of the Georgics. The materials are said to be taken almost wholly from Aristotle's Meteorologica
Aratus
Poetry of the Latin language
University of California Press (2005), pages 32-7 Richard F. Thomas, Virgil: Georgics Vol. I, Cambridge University Press (1988), page 28. Allen, William Sidney
Latin_poetry
One of the Sirens in Greek mythology
5.246, 252 Lycophron, Alexandra 720-726 Servius commentary on Virgil, Georgics 4.562 Tzetzes, Chiliades 1.14, line 337 & 6.40 Strabo, Geographica 6.1
Leucosia_(mythology)
Lake in Campania, Italy
joined Lucrinis Lacus to Lago d'Averno by a canal, as recorded in Virgil's Georgics, providing a sheltered harbour known as Portus Julius for the Roman western
Lucrinus_Lacus
Mythological hardest substance
The Dictionary of Classical Mythology, s.v. "Kelmis" Virgil, Eclogues. Georgics. Aeneid: Books 1-6, trans. H. Rushton Fairclough, rev. G. P. Goold, Loeb
Adamant
Greek mythological figure; son of Achilles
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Neoptolemus
British shipping company (1845–1934)
disappeared with everyone aboard. Two other cattle carriers, Cevic and Georgic, were built in 1894 and 1895 respectively, before the company abandoned
White_Star_Line
Favorite of Apollo in Greek mythology
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Iapyx
Greek mythological princess
Irving 1990, p. 110. Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.591-5 Servius, On Virgil's Georgics 1.403 Pagès & Villagra 2022, p. 206. Paradoxographoi, p. 222 Beekes, Robert
Nyctimene_(mythology)
Ancient Greek mythological son of Theseus
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Acamas_(son_of_Theseus)
Greek mythological figure
De Compositione Medicamentorum Secundum Locos 9.4 Servius on Virgil's Georgics 4.182 Miller & Strauss Clay 2019, p. 133. In: Nonnos, Dionysiaca. With
Crocus_(mythology)
Ocean, both" Virgil, Georgics 4.339 Hyginus, Fabulae Preface This was definitely a misinterpretation of Hyginus in Virgil's Georgics 4.339 which suggests
Lycorias
Ancient Greek mythological hero
Perseus Digital Library. Publius Vergilius Maro, Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. Latin text available at the
Ajax_the_Lesser
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Girl/Female
Indian
Sweet
Girl/Female
Irish
muirne means “high-spirited, festive.†Muirne loved Conall who was from an opposing tribe. Her father, a druid, opposed the match and had Conall killed but not before Muirne had conceived a son, who grew up to be the legendary warrior Fionn Mac Cool(read the legend) and who later avenged the death of his father.
Male
German
Short form of German Tillo, a pet form of names beginning with Diet-, TILL means "people, race."
Boy/Male
English French
Open.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Marathi, Sanskrit
Divine; Focused
Boy/Male
Muslim
Guided to the right path.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Malayalam
Light of Peace
Girl/Female
Indian, Tamil
Loveable; Cute; Life is Beautiful
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Tributary of River Ganga
Girl/Female
Hebrew Italian Ukrainian American English Spanish
Grace.
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a.
A rural poem; a poetical composition on husbandry, containing rules for cultivating lands, etc.; as, the Georgics of Virgil.