Eclogues - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Arcadia: Encyclopedia - Arcadia
Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. It...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia - Werewolf
A werewolf in folklore and mythology is a person who changes into a wolf, either by purposefully using magic or by being placed under a c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aelius Donatus: Encyclopedia - Aelius Donatus
Aelius Donatus (fl. late 4th century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. The only fact known regarding his life is that h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry
Augustan poetry is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Word Order In Latin: Encyclopedia - Word Order In Latin
Latin differs from languages like English in that it uses many noun cases which are declined in such a way that they are nearly all diffe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy. The word Si...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vergilius Romanus: Encyclopedia - Vergilius Romanus
The Vergilius Romanus (Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867), also known as the Roman Vergil, is a 5th century illumi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia - Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amor Vincit Omnia: Encyclopedia - Amor Vincit Omnia
Amor Vincit Omnia (known in English by a variety of names including Love Triumphant, Love Victorious, or Earthly Love) is a painting by t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Classical And Pre-classical Antiquity
This period of Greek literature stretches the oldest surviving written works in the Greek language until the 4th century and the rise of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia Utopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia Utopia - The Historical Arcadia
According to Greek mythology, Arcadia of Peloponnesus was the domain of Pan, the virgin wilderness home of the god of the forest and his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - History Of The Werewolf
Many European countries and cultures have stories of werewolves, including Greece (lycanthropos), Spain (hombre lobo), Bulgaria (varkolak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia - Modern Arcadia
Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It forms the largest prefecture on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It currently covers about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia Ii - Virgil - Life
Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul (Gaul south of the Alps; present-day northern Italy). Virgil was o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia - Modern Arcadia
Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It forms the largest prefecture on the Peloponnesian peninsula. It currently covers about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deus Caritas Est: Encyclopedia Ii - Deus Caritas Est - Summary
In this encyclical, Benedict reflects on the concepts of eros, agape, and logos, and their relationship with the teachings of Jesus. Agap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - History Of The Werewolf
Many European countries and cultures have stories of werewolves, including Greece (lycanthropos), Spain (hombre lobo), Bulgaria (varkolak...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Volumes Published
(from [1]) A tip for readers: The listings of Loeb volumes at online bookstores vary considerably. If you want to buy a volume, it is pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guy Davenport: Encyclopedia Ii - Guy Davenport - Life And Work One Version
Guy Davenport was born in Anderson, South Carolina in the foothills of Appalachia on November 23, 1927. His father was an agent for the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Greek Literature - Ancient Greek Literature Before Ad 300
Greek literature - Classical Greek. Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in Ancient Greek from the oldest surviving wr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Volumes Published
(from [1]) A tip for readers: The listings of Loeb volumes at online bookstores vary considerably. If you want to buy a volume, it is pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vergilius Romanus: Encyclopedia Ii - Vergilius Romanus - Decoration
The Vergilius Romanus is one of the few surviving illustrated classical manuscripts. As such, its importance to art history cannot be ove...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Poetry - Alexander Pope The Scribblerans And Poetry As Social Act
The entire Augustan age's poetry was dominated by Alexander Pope. Since Pope began publishing when very young and continued to the end of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - Medieval Christianity
In the Middle Ages, both the Cumaean Sibyl and Virgil were considered prophets of the birth of Christ, because the fourth of Virgil's Ecl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Poetry - Alexander Pope, The Scribblerans, And Poetry As Social Act
The entire Augustan age's poetry was dominated by Alexander Pope. Since Pope began publishing when very young and continued to the end of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guy Davenport: Encyclopedia Ii - Guy Davenport - Life And Work Another Version
Guy Davenport was born in Anderson, South Carolina in the foothills of Appalachia on November 23, 1927. His father was an agent for the R...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia - History
Due to its remote, mountainous character, Arcadia has always been a classical refuge. So during the Dorian invasion, when Mycenaean Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guy Davenport: Encyclopedia Ii - Guy Davenport - Translations Another Version
Davenport translated Sappho, Anakreon, Herakleitos, Archilochus, Alkman, Diogenes, Herondas, Rilke, the sayings of Jesus, and ancient Egy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guy Davenport: Encyclopedia Ii - Guy Davenport - Fugitive Pieces One Version
Davenport wrote introductions or contributions to many books: Jack Sharpless's Presences of Mind; Will McBride's Coming of Age; Paul Cadm...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - Theories Of Origin
A recent theory has been proposed to explain werewolf episodes in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. Ergot, which causes a form of fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia - History
Due to its remote, mountainous character, Arcadia has always been a classical refuge. So during the Dorian invasion, when Mycenaean Greek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Reception
Although some serious classicists spurn the Loebs (which have only a minimal apparatus criticus) as amateurish, and many non-classicists,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guy Davenport: Encyclopedia Ii - Guy Davenport - Introductions Another Version
Davenport wrote protective introductions to the work of many gay artists, especially Will McBride (Coming of Age) and Paul Cadmus (The Dr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - The Cave At Cumae
The Sibyl was said to inhabit a cave with one hundred mouths, each of which had a voice [1] accessible by a still existing dromos. The ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Arcadia Utopia: Encyclopedia Ii - Arcadia Utopia - Modern Usage
In 1993, Tom Stoppard wrote an acclaimed play with this title, referring to the sense of classical beauty and order associated with Arcad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - Becoming A Werewolf
Historical legends describe a wide variety of methods for becoming a werewolf. One of the simplest was the removal of clothing and puttin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Poetry - Translation And Adaptation As Statement
Gay adapted Juvenal, as Pope had already adapted Virgil's Eclogues, and throughout the Augustan era the "updating" of Classical poets was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - Theories Of Origin
A recent theory has been proposed to explain werewolf episodes in Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. Ergot, which causes a form of fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Poetry - Sentiment And The Poetry Of The Individual
The other side of this division include, early in the Augustan Age, James Thomson and Edward Yonge. Thomson's The Seasons (1730) are natu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vergilius Romanus: Encyclopedia Ii - Vergilius Romanus - Provenance
The Vergilius Romanus was produced in an undetermined province. Based on the style of some aspects of the illumination it has been sugges...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - Werewolves In Modern Fiction
Main article: Werewolves in fiction The process of transmogrification is portrayed in many films and works of literature to be painful. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Literature: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Literature - Hellenistic Age
By 338 BC all of the Greek city-states except Sparta had been conquered by Philip II of Macedon. Philip's son Alexander the Great extende...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Loeb Classical Library: Encyclopedia Ii - Loeb Classical Library - Reception
Although some serious classicists spurn the Loebs (which have only a minimal apparatus criticus) as amateurish, and many non-classicists,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustan Poetry: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustan Poetry - Overview
In the Augustan era, poets were even more conversant with each other than were novelists (see Augustan prose). Their works were written a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Werewolf: Encyclopedia Ii - Werewolf - Origins And Variations Of The Word
The name is thought most likely to derive from Old English 'wer' (or 'were') meaning 'man' (male "man" rather than gender-neutral "person...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia Ii - Virgil - Virgil's Name In English
In the Middle Ages "Vergilius" was frequently spelled "Virgilius." There are two explanations commonly given for the alteration in the sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia Ii - Virgil - Later Views Of Virgil
Even as the Roman world collapsed, literate men acknowledged that the Christianized Virgil was a master poet, even when they ceased to re...   » Read the article