Messianic Eclogue
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The "Messianic Eclogue" is a famous pastoral poem by the Roman poet Virgil, traditionally interpreted as foretelling the birth of a savior-like child and a new golden age.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eclogue 4 | 2 |
| Messianic Eclogue canonical | 1 |
| Virgil’s Eclogue IV | 1 |
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
poem ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Eclogue 4
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fourth Eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Augustan propaganda
ⓘ
Roman political context ⓘ |
| author |
Publius Vergilius Maro
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | major work in Virgilian corpus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| describes |
birth of a miraculous child
ⓘ
coming of a new golden age ⓘ |
| genre | pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Renaissance humanist readings of Virgil
ⓘ
later European pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
divinely favored child
ⓘ
end of past suffering ⓘ hope for a renewed age ⓘ |
| inCollection | Bucolics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | Christian messianic interpretations of Virgil ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | pagan prophecy of Christ ⓘ |
| interpretedBy | early Christian writers ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Italic languages ⓘ |
| literaryForm | hexameter poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | classical Latin literature ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| partOf | Eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | 4 ⓘ |
| setIn | idealized pastoral landscape ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
classics
ⓘ
comparative literature ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| subject |
peace
ⓘ
renewal of the world ⓘ restoration of a golden age ⓘ |
| traditionalInterpretation |
announcement of a messianic golden age
ⓘ
prophecy of a savior-like child ⓘ |
| workOf | Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eclogue 4
this entity surface form:
Virgil’s Eclogue IV