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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 stars2. Of general matters appertaining to agriculture, and of the different kinds of corn3. Of the various agricultural duties suitable to each month4–5. Of the cultivation of the vine6–8. Of the making of wine9. Of the cultivation of the olive and the making of oil10–12. Of horticulture13. Of the animals and insects injurious to plants14. Of pigeons and other birds15. Of natural sympathies and antipathies, and of the management of bees16. Of horses, donkeys and camels17. Of the breeding of cattle18. Of the breeding of sheep19. Of dogs, hares, deer, pigs, and of salting meat20. Of fishesReferences
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