The Georgics of Virgil belong to the didactic genre of epic poetry and, as their title indicates, they deal with various aspects of agricultural activities.

Didactic poetry in general, and the theme of the Georgics in particular, is certainly not something that would satisfy the contemporary reader's sensibility, far removed from which is the poetic form of the only previously available modern Greek translation of the entire work, that of Konstantinos Theotokis.

Like many texts of Latin literature, the Georgics are almost unknown to the entire modern Greek reading public and are likely only known by their title among circles of philologists.

The awareness of this fact creates the obligation for me to include in this study material that in other cultural and academic spaces, with a different perception of classical education, would be common knowledge.

The Episode of Aristaeus, with which the Georgics conclude, is among the most studied texts of Greco-Roman literature, and any further attempt at interpretation may seem to specialists in the field to border on hubris.

Nevertheless, I have undertaken the endeavor in the hope that my reading highlights certain overlooked aspects and my approach may offer a coherent interpretative proposal.