Virgil's Elements : : Physics and Poetry in the Georgics / / David O. Ross.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Ross, David O.,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 786
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION --; CHAPTER TWO: BOOK I --; CHAPTER THREE: BOOK II --; CHAPTER FOUR: BOOK III --; CHAPTER FIVE: BOOK IV --; CHAPTER SIX: AN OVERVIEW --; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES --; INDEX LOCORUM --; INDEX NOMINUM ET RERUM
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400858620; 9783110413441; 9783110413533; 9783110442496
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400858620
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: David O. Ross.

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 poem. These the farmer manipulates to create the balance necessary for growth, yet, in Virgil's universe, the potential for destruction inevitably results in a profound pessimism.Originally published in 1987.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.