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Vergil, Georgics, 2.23-2.24


Hic plantas tenero abscindens de corpore matrumDeemed by the Greeks of old. With some sprouts forth


deposuit sulcis, hic stirpes obruit arvoA forest of dense suckers from the root


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

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1. Theophrastus, Plant Explanations, 1.6.10 (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

2. Cicero, On The Nature of The Gods, 2.156-2.158 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

2.156. Then the earth, teeming with grain and vegetables of various kinds, which she pours forth in lavish abundance — does she appear to give birth to this produce for the sake of the wild beasts or for the sake of men? What shall I say of the vines and olives, whose bounteous and delightful fruits do not concern the lower animals at all? In fact the beasts of the field are entirely ignorant of the arts of sowing and cultivating, and of reaping and gathering the fruits of the earth in due season and storing them in garners; all these products are both enjoyed and tended by men. 2.157. Just as therefore we are bound to say that lyres and flutes were made for the sake of those who can use them, so it must be agreed that the things of which I have spoken have been provided for those only who make use of them, and even if some portion of them is filched or plundered by some of the lower animals, we shall not admit that they were created for the sake of these animals also. Men do not store up corn for the sake of mice and ants but for their wives and children and households; so the animals share these fruits of the earth only by stealth as I have said, whereas the masters enjoy them openly and freely. 2.158. It must therefore be admitted that all this abundance was provided for the sake of men, unless perchance the bounteous plenty and variety of our orchard fruit and the delightfulness not only of its flavour but also of its scent and appearance lead us to doubt whether nature intended this gift for man alone! So far is it from being true that the furs of the earth were provided for the sake of animals as well as men, that the animals themselves, as we may see, were created for the benefit of men. What other use have sheep save that their fleeces are dressed and woven into clothing for men? and in fact they could not have been reared nor sustained nor have produced anything of value without man's care and tendance. Then think of the dog, with its trusty watchfulness, its fawning affection for its master and hatred of strangers, its incredible keenness of scent in following a trail and its eagerness in hunting — what do these qualities imply except that they were created to serve the conveniences of men?
3. Varro, On Agriculture, 1.40.1, 1.40.5 (2nd cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

4. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.165-1.166, 1.214, 1.250-1.261, 3.719-3.721, 5.1361-5.1378, 5.1452 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

5. Vergil, Eclogues, 4.29, 4.39, 8.53

4.29. hall of the monstrous lion have no fear. 4.39. and stubborn oaks sweat honey-dew. Nathle 8.53. I scarce had entered, and could barely reach
6. Vergil, Georgics, 1.160, 2.10-2.21, 2.24, 2.28-2.34, 2.43, 2.45-2.46, 2.54-2.56, 2.60-2.64, 2.66, 2.70, 2.73-2.82, 2.103-2.109, 2.181-2.193, 2.207-2.211, 2.230-2.232, 2.239, 2.370, 3.332-3.334

1.160. Even this was impious; for the common stock 2.10. And stripped of buskin stain thy bared limb 2.11. In the new must with me. 2.12. First, nature's law 2.13. For generating trees is manifold; 2.14. For some of their own force spontaneous spring 2.15. No hand of man compelling, and posse 2.16. The plains and river-windings far and wide 2.17. As pliant osier and the bending broom 2.18. Poplar, and willows in wan companie 2.19. With green leaf glimmering gray; and some there be 2.20. From chance-dropped seed that rear them, as the tall 2.21. Chestnuts, and, mightiest of the branching wood 2.24. A forest of dense suckers from the root 2.28. Nature imparted first; hence all the race 2.29. of forest-trees and shrubs and sacred grove 2.30. Springs into verdure. Other means there are 2.31. Which use by method for itself acquired. 2.32. One, sliving suckers from the tender frame 2.33. of the tree-mother, plants them in the trench; 2.34. One buries the bare stumps within his field 2.43. And oft the branches of one kind we see 2.45. Pear-tree transformed the ingrafted apple yield 2.46. And stony cornels on the plum-tree blush. 2.54. I am bound on, O my glory, O thou that art 2.55. Justly the chiefest portion of my fame 2.56. Maecenas, and on this wide ocean launched 2.60. Were mine, a voice of iron; be thou at hand 2.61. Skirt but the nearer coast-line; see the shore 2.62. Is in our grasp; not now with feigned song 2.63. Through winding bouts and tedious preluding 2.64. Shall I detain thee. 2.66. Into the realms of light spontaneously 2.70. To well-drilled trenches, will anon put of 2.73. To follow. So likewise will the barren shaft 2.74. That from the stock-root issueth, if it be 2.75. Set out with clear space amid open fields: 2.76. Now the tree-mother's towering leaves and bough 2.77. Darken, despoil of increase as it grows 2.78. And blast it in the bearing. Lastly, that 2.79. Which from shed seed ariseth, upward win 2.80. But slowly, yielding promise of its shade 2.81. To late-born generations; apples wane 2.82. Forgetful of their former juice, the grape 2.103. Wherein from some strange tree a germ they pen 2.104. And to the moist rind bid it cleave and grow. 2.105. Or, otherwise, in knotless trunks is hewn 2.106. A breach, and deep into the solid grain 2.107. A path with wedges cloven; then fruitful slip 2.108. Are set herein, and—no long time—behold! 2.109. To heaven upshot with teeming boughs, the tree 2.181. Sown with the monstrous dragon's teeth, nor crop 2.182. of warriors bristled thick with lance and helm; 2.183. But heavy harvests and the Massic juice 2.184. of Bacchus fill its borders, overspread 2.185. With fruitful flocks and olives. Hence arose 2.186. The war-horse stepping proudly o'er the plain; 2.187. Hence thy white flocks, placeName key= 2.188. of victims mightiest, which full oft have led 2.189. Bathed in thy sacred stream, the triumph-pomp 2.190. of Romans to the temples of the gods. 2.191. Here blooms perpetual spring, and summer here 2.192. In months that are not summer's; twice teem the flocks; 2.193. Twice doth the tree yield service of her fruit. 2.207. Or sing her harbours, and the barrier cast 2.208. Athwart the Lucrine, and how ocean chafe 2.209. With mighty bellowings, where the Julian wave 2.210. Echoes the thunder of his rout, and through 2.211. Avernian inlets pours the Tuscan tide? 2.230. What powers hath each, what hue, what natural bent 2.231. For yielding increase. First your stubborn land 2.232. And churlish hill-sides, where are thorny field 2.239. That teems with grasses on its fruitful breast 2.370. The tree that props it, aesculus in chief 3.332. The fire, in Spring-tide chiefly, for with Spring 3.333. Warmth doth their frames revisit, then they stand 3.334. All facing westward on the rocky heights


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adynata Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 213, 214
aristaeus and orpheus Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 35
bacchus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 87
birds Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256
columella Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 212
daphnis Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 213
farmer,,as soldier Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 35
farmer Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 35
gods,in the georgics Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 87
golden age Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 87, 210, 213
grafting Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 211, 212, 213, 214
hercules Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 210
imagery,military Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256
iron age,technology of Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 35
jupiter Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 210
laudes italiae Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 87, 209
livy Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256
lucretius,agriculture in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 209, 210, 211
lucretius,culture-history in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 210
lucretius,laws of nature in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86
lucretius,mirabilia in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 214
lucretius,natura in Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86
maecenas Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 211
mirabilia,in lucretius Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 214
mirabilia Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 213
monsters Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 209
natura Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 209, 210
orpheus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 212
pastoral Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 213
personification Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 87, 213, 256
pliny Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 212
providentialism Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 87
scha¨fer,s. Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86
technology,as aggression Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 35
theocritus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 213
theophrastus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 210, 212, 214
trees Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 86, 87, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 256
varro Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 212
venus Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 210
vines Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 214, 256
war,and agriculture Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256
war,civil war Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256
war,in the georgics' Gale (2000), Virgil on the Nature of Things: The Georgics, Lucretius and the Didactic Tradition, 256