A Commentary On Virgil'S Eclogues

The date of the Eclogues is much debated.* A preliminary distinction is in order: that between the composition of the individual poems (which, at least in certain cases, were doubtless read immediately and circulated within a restricted group around the poet) and the publication of the final collection. There are only two obvious clues to the dating of the book: the land confiscations in the territory of Cremona and Mantua, which peaked in the aftermath of the battle of Philippi (though continuing during the early 30s BCE: cf. E. 1 and 9), and the consulship of Asinius Pollio, in 40 BCE (E. 4)--

• | Author: Andrea. Cucchiarelli
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 18, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 592 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0198827768
• | ISBN-13: 9780198827764