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The Geoponica (also spelled Geoponika) is a twenty-book collection of agricultural lore, compiled during the 10th century in Constantinople for the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. The Greek word Geoponica signifies "agricultural pursuits" in its widest sense.
Contents
The Geoponica embraces all manner of "agricultural" information, including celestial and terrestrial omina, viticulture, oleoculture, apiculture, veterinary medicine, the construction of fish ponds and much more.
Taken from Charles Anthon's Manual of Greek Literature (1853).
1. Of the atmosphere, and of the rising and setting of the stars 2. Of general matters appertaining to agriculture, and of the different kinds of corn 3. Of the various agricultural duties suitable to each month 4–5. Of the cultivation of the vine 6–8. Of the making of wine 9. Of the cultivation of the olive and the making of oil 10–12. Of horticulture 13. Of the animals and insects injurious to plants 14. Of pigeons and other birds 15. Of natural sympathies and antipathies, and of the management of bees 16. Of horses, donkeys and camels 17. Of the breeding of cattle 18. Of the breeding of sheep 19. Of dogs, hares, deer, pigs, and of salting meat 20. Of fishesReferences
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