http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/virgils-georgics-2/ An online watering hole for ideas. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:07:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/virgils-georgics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-23893 Lisa Mon, 17 May 2010 21:02:38 +0000 http://thoughtcast.org/casts/virgils-georgics-2#comment-23893 What is the recorded latin reading of the Georgics that is used at the beginning of the program? It occurs at the 1:00 minute mark. I would love to know if I can purchase it. Thank you. What is the recorded latin reading of the Georgics that is used at the beginning of the program? It occurs at the 1:00 minute mark. I would love to know if I can purchase it. Thank you.

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/virgils-georgics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-23737 Shannon Wong Lerner Wed, 28 Apr 2010 05:06:36 +0000 http://thoughtcast.org/casts/virgils-georgics-2#comment-23737 Thank you for your informative program. I am using both classic and modern interpretations of Eurydice (Virgil and S. Ruhl) for an undergraduate performance theory/practice course. Your program peaked my interest to depart from my regular routine to the unknown terrain of Virgil. I plan to become a regular listener! Shannon Wong Lerner Thank you for your informative program. I am using both classic and modern interpretations of Eurydice (Virgil and S. Ruhl) for an undergraduate performance theory/practice course. Your program peaked my interest to depart from my regular routine to the unknown terrain of Virgil. I plan to become a regular listener! Shannon Wong Lerner

]]> http://www.thoughtcast.org/history/virgils-georgics-2/comment-page-1/#comment-11128 Kenyon Review Blog Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:14:47 +0000 http://thoughtcast.org/casts/virgils-georgics-2#comment-11128 In fact, as I learned from this excellent podcast interview with the poet David Ferry and the classicist Richard Thomas, the Georgics was probably not, even in its time, a functional manual. Farmers who could read Latin would sooner have resorted to manuals in prose. And, as Thomas notes, modern attempts at farming according to the Georgics have failed completely. When tried in the world, the poem’s testimony is not reliable. In fact, as I learned from this excellent podcast interview with the poet David Ferry and the classicist Richard Thomas, the Georgics was probably not, even in its time, a functional manual. Farmers who could read Latin would sooner have resorted to manuals in prose. And, as Thomas notes, modern attempts at farming according to the Georgics have failed completely. When tried in the world, the poem’s testimony is not reliable.

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