Georgics Jeopardy

Didactic Poems

100

What is the metrical structure of didactic poems?

Hexameters

200

List 3 common topics of didactic poetry

Philosophy, Agriculture, Love, Science, etc.

Virgil

100

What was the period in which Virgil lived?

The Augustan period

200

List 2 of Virgil's major works

The Aeneid, Georgics, and Eclogues

Excerpt

100

Who is the god mentioned in the excerpt?

Apollo

200

What food does Virgil reference at the beginning of the poem?

Honey