A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues / Andrea. Cucchiarelli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cucchiarelli, Andrea, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Virgil. Bucolica.

Virgil.

Ecology in literature.

Genre:

Literary criticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (581 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In this commentary, accompanied by a detailed introduction, Andrea Cucchiarelli offers a detailed analysis of Virgil's Eclogues. He establishes comparisons with both Greek and Roman poetic models and with significant other texts, and provides the first systematic account of the poem in its historical context.

Contents:

Cover

A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues

Copyright

Acknowledgements

Contents

Foreword: Tityrus and the discovery of the new gods

1 . . . resonare doces Amaryllida siluas

2 Vrbem quam dicunt Romam

3 Deus, deus ille Menalca!

Introduction

1 The Eclogues in their time

2 Biographical issues

3 The poet, the herdsmen, and mimesis

4 Arcadia, Epicureanism, and the 'gods'

5 The bucolic book

5.1. Title

5.2. Order and structure

5.3. Language and style

5.4. Metre

6 Textual transmission

Virgil's Eclogues

Note on the text

Ecloga I

Meliboeus Tityrus

Ecloga II

Ecloga III

Menalcas Damoetas Palaemon

Ecloga IV

Ecloga V

Menalcas Mopsus

Ecloga VI

Ecloga VII

Meliboeus

Ecloga VIII

Ecloga IX

Lycidas Moeris

Ecloga X

Commentary

Eclogue 1 [Tityrus]

Eclogue 2 [Alexis]

Eclogue 3 [Palaemon]

Eclogue 4 [Pollio]

Eclogue 5 [Daphnis]

Eclogue 6 [Varus]

Eclogue 7 [Meliboeus]

Eclogue 8 [Alphesiboeus]

Eclogue 9 [Moeris]

Eclogue 10 [Gallus]

Bibliography

1. Bibliographical Resources

2. Editions and Commentaries

3. Translations

4. Scholarly contributions and reference works

Index of Proper Names

Index of Latin Words

General Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-198239-3

0-19-288877-3