Eclogues

Eclogues

by Virgil
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 13/07/2020

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Eclogues, also known as the Bucolics, is the first of three major works in the epic genre by the Latin poet Virgil. It was written sometime between 42 and 35 B. C.

Taking over the Greek bucolic epic invented by Theocritus, Virgil creates a Roman version partly by offering a dramatic and mythic interpretation of revolutionary change at Rome following Caesar's assassination. The book contains ten pieces called eclogues (i.e. 'drafts' or 'selections') populated by-and-large with herdsmen imagined suffering or embracing revolutionary change and making song in largely rural settings. Performed with great success on the Roman stage, their mix of political vision and erotic scandal made Virgil a celebrity, legendary in his own lifetime.

ISBN:
1230004042617
1230004042617
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
13-07-2020
Language:
English
Publisher:
Rastro Books
Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro – or Virgil – was born near Mantua in 70 BC and was brought up there, although he attended schools in Cremona and Rome. Virgil’s rural upbringing and his affinity with the countryside are evident in his earliest work, The Eclogues, a collection of ten pastoral poems.

As an adult Virgil lived mostly in Naples, although he spent time in Rome and belonged to the circle of influential poets that included Horace. He also had connections to leading men within the senatorial class and to the Emperor Augustus himself. Following The Eclogues, Virgil wrote The Georgics, a didactic poem, and thereafter began his longest and most ambitious work, The Aeneid. He died in Brindisi in 19 BC.

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