Patterns of Redemption in Virgil's Georgics

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This book is a study of one of the most famous poems of Roman literature, Virgil's Georgics. By close reading of selected passages in the poem it seeks to understand the work in terms of the cultural and political upheavals that were afflicting Rome at the time of its composition. The poem, it argues, constitutes an audacious attempt to explain and justify the violent civil wars that had recently brought Octavian (the future Augustus, with whom Virgil was closely associated) to power in Rome. Cover Series Page Title Copyright CONTENTS PREFACE ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION I II PART ONE PRIMA AB ORIGINE CHAPTER 1 THE OLD MAN OF THE SEA I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI CHAPTER 2 ARISTEIA I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI PART TWO MIRABILE DICTU CHAPTER 3 OX AND PARADOX I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI CHAPTER 4 POETA CREATUS I A Orpheus poeticus II III B Orpheus mysticus IV V VI VII VIII Conclusion IX X XI POSTSCRIPT: SPHRAGIS APPENDIX I PROTEUS AND πρωτεύς APPENDIX II 4.400 I II APPENDIX III SPARSERE PER AGROS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX