Eclogues

[ ek-lawgz, -logz ]

/ ˈɛk lɔgz, -lɒgz /

a collection of pastoral poems (42–37 b.c.) by Vergil.

Also called Bucolics.

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eclogue

[ ek-lawg, -log ]

/ ˈɛk lɔg, -lɒg /

a pastoral poem, often in dialogue form.

1400–50; late Middle English eclog < Latin ecloga < Greek eklogḗ selection, akin to eklégein to select; see ec-

This poem is full of sweetness and delicacy of feeling, and is said to have been written on the model of the eclogues of Virgil.

Woman under Monasticism |Lina Eckenstein
A collection of lyrics, eclogues, and scenes, with a useful introduction.

Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama |Walter W. Greg
Among her works are odes, eclogues, idyls, and a tragedy (Genseric).

The New Gresham Encyclopedia |Various
Events conspired to make Vergil the model for later writers of eclogues.

Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama |Walter W. Greg

His compositions in Latin are—Africa, an epic poem; his Bucolics, containing twelve eclogues; and three books of epistles.

The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch |Petrarch

eclogue

/ (ˈɛklɒɡ) /

a pastoral or idyllic poem, usually in the form of a conversation or soliloquy

C15: from Latin ecloga short poem, collection of extracts, from Greek eklogē selection, from eklegein to select; see eclectic