# The Georgics — Character guide

> Key figures in The Georgics by Virgil.

- [Tanagrus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/tanagrus.md): A central figure and narrator, often referred to by pronouns throughout the poem.
- [Julius Caesar](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/julius_caesar.md): The deified Roman leader, invoked as a divine patron and future protector of agriculture.
- [Jove](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/jove.md): King of the gods, who oversees natural order and is frequently appealed to for aid.
- [Orpheus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/orpheus.md): Mythical musician who descends to the underworld to retrieve his wife Eurydice.
- [Maecenas](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/maecenas.md): Virgil's patron and dedicatee, addressed directly as a noble supporter of the poet's work.
- [Bacchus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/bacchus.md): God of wine and viticulture, invoked as a patron of vineyards and poetic inspiration.
- [Arcadian master](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/arcadian_master.md): A skilled beekeeper from Arcadia, serving as a model for apiculture in Book IV.
- [Cyrene](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/cyrene.md): Nereid mother of Aristaeus, who guides him to seek prophecy from Proteus.
- [Virgil](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/virgil.md): The poet-narrator, occasionally self-referential as the author of the Georgics.
- [Ceres](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/ceres.md): Goddess of agriculture and grain, honored as the first to teach mankind farming.
- [Proteus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/proteus.md): Shape-shifting sea god who reveals the cause of Aristaeus's misfortune.
- [Neptune](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/neptune.md): God of the sea, associated with horses and maritime power in the poem.
- [Aurora](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/aurora.md): Goddess of dawn, whose tears are said to create dew each morning.
- [Nereus](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/nereus.md): Ancient sea god, father of the Nereids, mentioned as a prophetic figure.
- [Alcinous](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/alcinous.md): King of the Phaeacians, referenced for his legendary orchards in Homer's Odyssey.
- [Ixion](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_georgics_se/characters/ixion.md): Mythological king punished in Tartarus, mentioned as a cautionary example.

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