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Shepherds sing of love and loss amidst Roman turmoil.
The Eclogues
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144 pages
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31 May 1984
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Summary
Virgil’s Eclogues: A Timeless Pastoral Masterpiece
Deeply sensitive and faithful to the original work, Guy Lee’s verse translation is paralleled by the original Latin text.
Haunting and enigmatic, Virgil’s Eclogues combined a Greek literary form with scenes from contemporary Roman life to create a work that inspired a whole European tradition of pastoral poetry. Despite their rustic setting and the beauty of their phrasing, the poems in Virgil’s first collection are also gro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140444193 |
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| ISBN-10: | 014044419X |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Virgil, Guy Lee |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 31 May 1984 |
| Weight: | 114g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 130mm x 9mm |
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Virgil
Virgil (70-19BC) studied rhetoric and philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet. As well as The Aeneid, his Eclogues earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poet.
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