A Commentary on Virgil's Eclogues
Andrea Cucchiarelli
"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)"--
వర్గాలు:
సంవత్సరం:
2023
ప్రచురణకర్త:
Oxford University Press
భాష:
english
పేజీల సంఖ్య:
581
ISBN 10:
0198827768
ISBN 13:
9780198827764
ఫైల్:
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IPFS:
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english, 2023