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 collecti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
[2023].
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | 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). |
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| Physical Description: | xi, 568 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [507]-550) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780198827764 0198827768 |