This work praises the "Ausonian swains," a race from Troy that make "rough rhymes and boisterous mirth" in a section explaining the sacrifice of goats to Bacchus. Another section describes a theory of spontaneous generation, in which a specific type of creature waxed in the dissolution of oxen flesh, before they cluster to "bending boughs." The second book of this work retells the tales of Lapiths and Centaurs, both of whom are used to praise the vine. That section of this treatise contains a th
This work praises the "Ausonian swains," a race from Troy that make "rough rhymes and boisterous mirth" in a section explaining the sacrifice of goats to Bacchus. Another section describes a theory of spontaneous generation, in which a specific type of creature waxed in the dissolution of oxen flesh, before they cluster to "bending boughs." The second book of this work retells the tales of Lapiths and Centaurs, both of whom are used to praise the vine. That section of this treatise contains a thrilling account of the superiority of Manutan soil over various types of gravel, before disdaining city life and praising country life. Ending with a book comparing human nature to bees, for 10 points, identify this poetic work on Agriculture that is divided into four books, which, like the Bucolics, was written by Virgil.
This work praises the "Ausonian swains," a race from Troy that make "rough rhymes and boisterous mirth" in a section explaining the sacrifice of goats to Bacchus.
Georgics