Eclogue 9
E742843
Eclogue 9 is one of the pastoral poems in Virgil’s Eclogues, featuring dialogues between shepherds that reflect on loss, displacement, and the changing rural landscape of Roman Italy.
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
pastoral poem
ⓘ
poem in dialogue form ⓘ |
| author | Virgil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| canonicalStatus | core text of Latin pastoral tradition ⓘ |
| collectionSize | 10 eclogues in total ⓘ |
| concerns |
expulsion of small landowners
ⓘ
loss of a farm ⓘ |
| containsAllusionTo | Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSelfReferenceTo | Virgil as poet ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Lycidas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Moeris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Eclogue 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalContext | land confiscations after Roman civil wars ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Theocritus’ Idylls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryForm | dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Augustan poetry ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Hellenistic bucolic tradition ⓘ |
| meter | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| motif |
journey along the road
ⓘ
remembered verses ⓘ shepherds’ song ⓘ |
| numberInSeries | 9 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript ⓘ |
| partOf | Eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Augustan age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Eclogue 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | rural Italy ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
Latin literature courses
ⓘ
classical philology ⓘ |
| theme |
changing rural landscape
ⓘ
confiscation of land ⓘ displacement ⓘ fragility of art ⓘ loss ⓘ poetic memory ⓘ political upheaval ⓘ |
| workOf | Publius Vergilius Maro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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