Professor Ross presents the Georgics as a poem of science, of the power and ultimate failure of knowledge. Exploring the science that Virgil knew and used, he analyzes the oppositions and balances of lire and water, of the qualities of hot and cold, wet and dry, throughout the p…
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Examines the "Elements" of Virgil's "Georgics": both the elements of the physical world (earth, air, fire, and water) and the ideas, motifs and themes of Virgil's poetic thought.
