The Eclogues of Virgil

Name: The Eclogues of Virgil
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Perfect for you if...

You love classical poetry but find most translations fusty and inaccessible, and you want to hear what the original sounded like stripped of Victorian fussiness.
You're drawn to pastoral settings and reflective verse about love, loss, and the rhythms of rural life.
You read widely across literary history and want to understand why these ten poems became the template for every pastoral work that followed.

Maybe not for you if...

You need a heavy scholarly apparatus with extensive notes to understand what you're reading, because Ferry's introduction is deliberately brief.
You prefer narrative-driven poetry with dramatic plots rather than philosophical conversations between characters.
You're looking for accessibility above all else, because these are still ancient poems and require some attention.

About this book

Virgil's Eclogues are a collection of pastoral poems that established the definitive form of the pastoral mode in literature. These poems feature shepherds exchanging songs in scenes depicting both harmony and hardship, touching on themes of work and love with varying emotional tones—from comic to sad to joyful. This translation by an acclaimed translator of Gilgamesh renders the poems in English, preserving their musical qualities while maintaining clarity and directness. The edition includes an introduction and concise notes explaining the work's foundational role in the pastoral tradition. Now available in ebook format for the first time, this English-only edition makes these influential classical poems accessible to modern readers.

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