Tajemnicza epidemia w „Georgikach” Publiusza Wergiliusza Marona. Kilka słów komentarza
A mysterious epidemic in Georgics by Publius Virgil Maro. A short commentary

Summary/Abstract: This article analyses an excerpt from the third song of Georgics. Virgil described a disease that attacked many animal species, including cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and humans. On the basis of the described symptoms and the number of species attacked by the plague, it should be concluded that the poet described anthrax – a zoonotic disease caused by the Bacillus anthracis bacterium.

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