Human, animal, and plant in Virgil’s Georgics: porousness of borders and empathy

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Keywords:

Georgics. Vegetal. Animal. Human. Porosity. Empathy.

Abstract

This article discusses a specific aspect of the Georgics, poem written by Publius Vergilius Maro in the first century BC. Thus, by going through his four Books one by one, we hope to establish that the author frequently depicts plants, animals, and humans as beings with shared characteristics. Furthermore, the proximity of being and feeling enables for the expression of empathy among the characters in the poem.

Author Biography

Matheus Trevizam, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)

Mestre e Doutor em Linguística (área de Estudos Clássicos-Latim) pelo IEL-Unicamp (2006). Professor titular de Língua e Literatura latina na Faculdade de Letras da UFMG (Belo Horizonte/Brasil), onde atua na graduação e pós-graduação (Pós-Lit). Tem publicado artigos, livros e traduções integrais de obras na área da Antiguidade Clássica latina.

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Published

2024-07-08

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No. 32 (2024)

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Dossier Transpositions in Antiquity Studies(s)

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