Virgil

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Not every soil can bear all things.

Virgil

Georgics

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Topic

Human limitations

Author

Virgil

Source

Georgics

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

29 BC 20s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Virgil. Georgica [Georgics]. c. 29 BCE, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Georgics." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.

Time bears away all things, even our minds.

Virgil

Eclogues

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Topic

Effects of time Time

Speaker

Moeris

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

30 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 9.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 9.

Look over there-smoke rises already from the rooftops
And longer fall the shadows cast by the mountain heights.

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Nightfall Evening

Speaker

Tityrus

Author

Virgil

Source

Eclogues

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

37 BC 30s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 1.

Current Citation

Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 1.