The Eclogues and The Georgics by Cecil Day-Lewis, Virgil

The Eclogues and The Georgics

Cecil Day-Lewis, Virgil

180 pages first pub -38 (editions)

nonfiction classics poetry adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced
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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. ...

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