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Eclogues
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The Eclogues, also known as the Bucolics, are a set of ten pastoral poems written by Virgil between 42 and 39 BCE. These poems are set in an idealized rural landscape known as Arcadia and feature shepherds and their interactions, songs, and reflections on love, nature, and the human condition.
The collection is divided into two sets of five poems, with the first set being more forward-looking and peaceful, and the second set more ambiguous and concerned with the past.
Notable eclogues include the fourth, which prophesies the birth of a child who will usher in a new golden age, and the sixth, which describes the capture of Silenus and his subsequent song about the creation of the world and various mythological tales.
The poems are written in dactylic hexameters and reflect Virgil's deep love for the countryside and his vision of a peaceful, idyllic world.
The collection is divided into two sets of five poems, with the first set being more forward-looking and peaceful, and the second set more ambiguous and concerned with the past.
Notable eclogues include the fourth, which prophesies the birth of a child who will usher in a new golden age, and the sixth, which describes the capture of Silenus and his subsequent song about the creation of the world and various mythological tales.
The poems are written in dactylic hexameters and reflect Virgil's deep love for the countryside and his vision of a peaceful, idyllic world.
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