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THE ECLOGUES OF VIRGIL

牧歌 by 维吉尔

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.

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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,inwhichVirgilma
kessomeenigmaticprophecies,similartothePseudo-SibyllineOracles.DuringthemiddleagesVirgildevelopedareputationasasorceror,anditispossiblethattheesotericmeaningcloakedinthispoemhadsomethingtodowiththis. Thistranslationhasbeencross-linkedatthechapterleveltotheoriginalLatintext,whichwasnotincludedintheMacKailversion.