Eclogue 8
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Eclogue 8 is one of Virgil’s pastoral poems, notable for its paired dramatic monologues involving love, magic, and emotional lament within a rustic setting.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| alternateName | Eighth Eclogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | themes of song and enchantment ⓘ |
| author | Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Roman pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| circaDate | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| collectionNumber | 8 ⓘ |
| contains |
love incantation
ⓘ
magical ritual ⓘ paired dramatic monologues ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ancient Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| features | songs of shepherds ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
abandonment
ⓘ
despair ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| genre | pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
enchantress
ⓘ
shepherd ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later European pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasMode |
dramatic
ⓘ
lyric ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
allusion to Greek bucolic poetry
ⓘ
parallel monologues ⓘ song contest structure ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dramatic monologue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person frame with embedded songs ⓘ |
| partOf | Eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
pastoral countryside
ⓘ
rustic landscape ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional lament
ⓘ
love ⓘ magic ⓘ |
| tradition | Hellenistic pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| workOf | Publius Vergilius Maro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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