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1、oxfordworld’sclassicsGEORGICSPubliusVergiliusMaro(Virgil)wasbornnearMantuainnorthernItalyin70bce.HewaseducatedatthelargertownofCremonaandfinallyatMilan.HemovedtoRomearound52bce,butspentmostofhistimethereafterinthe(then)congenialsurroundingsoftheBayofNaples.HewrotetheEcloguesintheperiodcirca4
2、2–39bce.Aroundtheyear38hejoinedthecircleofpoetsintheentourageofMaecenas,thefutureimperial‘MinisterfortheArts’.ThecompositionoftheGeorgicsoccupiedhimfrom37orearlieruntil29.Hespenttherestofhislifeworkingonhisepicpoem,theAeneid.HediedatBrundisiumin19bceafterabandoningavisittoGreeceandAsiaonwhi
3、chheintendedtocompleteandperfecthisepic.PeterFallongrewuponafarmnearKellsinCountyMeath.HeisagraduateofTrinityCollege,Dublin,wherehewasWriterFellowin1994.HewasinauguralHeimboldProfessorofIrishStudiesatVillanovaUniversityin2000.HefoundedTheGalleryPressin1970andhaseditedandpublishedmorethan400
4、titles.HisownbooksincludeNewsoftheWorld:SelectedandNewPoems(1998).HelivesinLoughcrewinCountyMeath.ElaineFanthamwaseducatedatOxfordandtaughtfirstattheUniversityofToronto(1968–86)thenPrincetonUniversity(1986–2000).SheisauthorofcommentariesonSeneca’sTrojanWomen,Lucan,CivilWar,Book2,andOvid,Fast
5、iIV,ofRomanLiteraryCulture,andmostrecentlyofOvid’sMetamorphoses(OxfordApproachestoLiterature)andTheRomanWorldofCicero’sDeOratore.oxfordworld’sclassicsForover100yearsOxfordWorld’sClassicshavebroughtreadersclosertotheworld’sgreatliterature.Nowwithover700titles––fromthe4,000-year-oldmythsofMes
6、opotamiatothetwentiethcentury’sgreatestnovels––theseriesmakesavailablelesser-knownaswellascelebratedwriting.Thepocket-sizedhardbacksoftheearlyyearscontainedintroductionsbyVirginiaWoolf,T.S.Eliot,GrahamGreene,andotherliteraryfigureswhichenrichedtheexperienceofreading.Todaytheseriesisrecognize
7、dforitsfinescholarshipandreliabilityintextsthatspanworldliterature,dramaandpoetry,religion,philosophyandpolitics.Eacheditionincludesperceptivecommentaryandessentialbackgroundinformationtomeetthechangingneedsofreaders.OXFORDWORLD’SCLASSICSVIRGILGeorgicsTra
