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Eclogue 4, also known as the Fourth Eclogue, is a Latin poem by the Roman poet Virgil. The poem is dated to 40 BC by its mention of the consulship of Virgil's patron Gaius Asinius Pollio . The work predicts the birth of a boy, a supposed savior, who—once he is of age—will become divine and eventually rule over the world.
The Roman emperor Constantine the Great was one of the first major figures to believe that Eclogue 4 was a pre-Christian augury concerning Jesus Christ. [9]According to Classicist Domenico Comparetti, in the early Christian era, "A certain theological doctrine, supported by various passages of [Judeo-Christian] scripture, induced men to look for prophets of Christ among the Gentiles". [10]
The opening lines of the Eclogues in the 5th-century Vergilius Romanus. The Eclogues (/ ˈ ɛ k l ɒ ɡ z /; Latin: Eclogae [ˈɛklɔɡae̯], lit. ' selections '), also called the Bucolics, is the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil. [1]
[3] [4] Found there was a sophisticated mixture of pastoral dialogues, song contests and contemporary references. Virgil's term was used by later Latin poets to refer to their own pastoral poetry, often in imitation of Virgil, as in the cases of the Eclogae of Calpurnius Siculus and the Eclogae of Nemesianus. Calpurnius also employed rustic ...
The Latin expression paulo maiora canamus, translated literally, means let us sing of things a little more elevated (Virgil, Eclogues, IV, 1). The phrase is quoted to shift from frivolous arguments to more interesting topics, or from a painful topic to a more consoling one.
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[4] Hubbard concludes that "Although intermixed with some Calpurnian references, the primary models for the characters and situation of Nem.1 are clearly Vergilian". [5] According to the Oxford Classical Dictionary, [6] the threnody on Meliboeus recalls the praises of Daphnis in Virgil's Eclogue V.
The Eclogues is a collection of Latin poetry attributed to Calpurnius Siculus and inspired by the similarly named poems of the Augustan-age poet Virgil. The date of writing is disputed. Some scholars argue in favor of a Neronian date (54–68 AD), [ 1 ] while others arguing for a later date (possibly during the reign of Severus (193–211 AD)).