The Poet's Truth
  Acknowledgments
  Note on Sources and Translations

  Introduction
 collapse section1  The Figure of the Poet
 •The Farmer
 •The Poet
 collapse sectionAristaeus and Orpheus
 •Aristaeus
 •Orpheus
 collapse section2  The Poet's Vision
 •The Golden Age in Book 1
 collapse sectionThe Golden Age in Book 2
 •The Praises of Italy
 •The Praises of Spring
 •The Praises of Country Life
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 •The Scythians
 •The Plague
 collapse sectionThe Golden Age in Book 4
 •The Bees
 •The Corycian Gardener
 collapse section3  The Poet's Truth
 •On the Bougonia
 •Prayer
 collapse sectionScientific Explication
 •Sign Theories
 •Plural Causes
 •Primary Opposites
 •Mythological Paradigms
 •The Poet's Truth
 •Conclusion

  Bibliography
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