The Bees of Virgil

T. J. Haarhoff

doi:10.1017/S0017383500014595

The Bees of Virgil

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T. J. Haarhoff

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‘And so,’ said Appius, in Varro's De Re Rustica, ‘in the matter of farmyard-feeding we come to the third act, which is about fishponds.’ ‘Third act be hanged!’ said Axius; ‘do you suppose that, because you were so very economical when a young man as not to drink wine and honey at home, we are going to neglect honey ?’

Type: Research Article
Information: Greece & Rome , Volume 7 , Issue 2 , October 1960 , pp. 155 - 170

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0017383500014595 [Opens in a new window]
Copyright: Copyright © The Classical Association 1960

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^{page 170 note 2} Retold from the account in H. M. Ransome, op. cit.

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