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THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL
    THEECLOGUESOFVIRGIL

    TranslatedbyJ.W.MacKail

    [1934]

    TheEclogues(-Selections-),alsoknowastheBucolics,wereVirgils-firstmajorwork.Thesetenpoemswerewrittenbetween42and39B.C.E.AtthistimeVirgilwasinhisthirties.Thesepoemsareinaparticularformat,thepastoral,whichtheSicilianpoetTheocritus(ca.280B.C.E.)haddevelopedinhisIdyls.Virgilemploysthisformattoexpoundallegoricalthemesusingthelanguageofclassicalmythology,muchlikethebardicpoetryoftheDruids.ThefourthEcloguestandsoutfromthisseries,inwhichVirgilmakessomeenigmaticprophecies,similartothePseudo-SibyllineOracles.DuringthemiddleagesVirgildevelopedareputationasasorceror,anditispossiblethattheesotericmeaningcloakedinthispoemhadsomethingtodowiththis.

    Thistranslationhasbeencross-linkedatthechapterleveltotheoriginalLatintext,whichwasnotincludedintheMacKailversion.