Editing Georgics (section)

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[[Image:Meister des Vergilius Romanus 001.jpg|thumb|right|''Georgics'' Book III, shepherd with flocks, [[Roman Virgil]].]]The '''''Georgics''''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|dʒ|ɔr|dʒ|ɪ|k|s}} {{respell|JOR|jiks}}; {{Langx|la|Georgica}} {{IPA|la|ɡeˈoːrɡɪka|}}) is a poem by Latin poet [[Virgil]], likely published in 29 BCE.<ref>Thomas, Richard F. ''Georgics Vol.I: Books I–II.'' Cambridge, 1988. I.</ref> As the name suggests (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] word {{lang|grc|γεωργικά}}, ''geōrgiká'', i.e. "agricultural [things]")<ref>{{LSJ|gewrgiko/s|γεωργικά|ref}}</ref> the subject of the [[poem]] is agriculture; but far from being an example of peaceful rural poetry, it is a work characterized by tensions in both theme and purpose.

The ''Georgics'' is considered Virgil's second major work, following his ''[[Eclogues]]'' and preceding the ''[[Aeneid]]''. The poem draws on a variety of prior sources and has influenced many later authors from antiquity to the present.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/georgics-by-virgil-translated-by-kimberly-johnson-1857698.html |title=Georgics, By Virgil, translated by Kimberly Johnson |last=Tonkin |first=Boyd |newspaper=The Independent |date=January 4, 2010 |access-date=December 6, 2016}}</ref>