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The Eclogues and Georgics - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Virgil
The Eclogues, ten short pastoral poems, were composed between approximately 42 and 39 BC, during the time of the 'Second' Triumvirate of Lepidus, Anthony, and Octavian. In them Virgil subtly blended an idealized Arcadia with contemporary history. To his Greek model - the Idylls of Theocritus - he added a strong element of Italian realism: plac...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199554096
ISBN-10: 0199554099
Publication Date: 3/26/2009
Pages: 192
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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