{"product_id":"the-georgics-of-virgil-bilingual-edition-paperback","title":"The Georgics of Virgil (Bilingual Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Dryden called Virgil's \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e, written between 37 and 30 B.C.E., the best poem by the best poet. The poem, newly translated by the poet and translator David Ferry, is one of the great songs, maybe the greatest we have, of human accomplishment in difficult--and beautiful--circumstances, and in the context of all we share in nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eGeorgics\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the crops, trees, and animals, and, above all, the human beings who care for them. It takes the form of teaching about this care: the tilling of fields, the tending of vines, the raising of the cattle and the bees. There's joy in the detail of Virgil's descriptions of work well done, and ecstatic joy in his praise of the very life of things, and passionate commiseration too, because of the vulnerability of men and all other creatures, with all they have to contend with: storms, and plagues, and wars, and all mischance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Ferry\u003c\/b\u003e is the translator of \u003ci\u003eGilgamesh \u003c\/i\u003e(1992), \u003ci\u003eThe Odes of Horace \u003c\/i\u003e(1998)\u003ci\u003e, The Eclogues of Virgil \u003c\/i\u003e(1999)\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Epistles of Horace\u003c\/i\u003e (2001), winner of the Landon Translation Prize--all published by FSG.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 02, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762301796640,"sku":"9780374530310","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/6a3d8938a28742ff056bce0884aebd28.webp?v=1780219072","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-georgics-of-virgil-bilingual-edition-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}