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    The Eclogues
    The Eclogues
    The Eclogues
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    The Eclogues

    Written by Virgil

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    This book of poems, written between 42 en 39 BC, was a bestseller in ancient Rome, and still holds a fascination today. Held to be divinely inspired not only by the Romans themselves, but by the Medieval Catholic church, The Eclogues is one of the most beloved collections of Latin short poetry. (Summary by Caeristhiona)
    The translator of this version is unknown. This recording is done in the form of a dramatic reading: in each eclogue, every character is read by a different Librivox volunteer.

    Readers of the eclogues that were done by multiple readers:

    Eclogue 1
    Meliboeus: Denny Sayers
    Tityrus: Kara Shallenberg
    Eclogue 3
    Menalcas: Leni Ribeiro
    Damoetas: Rosalind Wills
    Palaemon: Kara Shallenberg
    Eclogue 5
    Menalcas: Leni Ribeiro
    Mopsus: Anna Simon
    Eclogue 7
    Meliboeus: Denny Sayers
    Corydon: Leni Ribeiro
    Tityrus: Anna Simon
    Eclogue 8
    Pollio: Anna Simon
    Damon: Ruthie Golding
    Alphesiboeus: Squid Varilekova
    Eclogue 9
    Lycidas: Greg Elmensdorp
    Moeris: Leni Ribeiro

    Also available: a Librivox recording of The Eclogues in their original Latin.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Virgil

    Publius Vergilius Maro – or Virgil – was born near Mantua in 70 BC and was brought up there, although he attended schools in Cremona and Rome. Virgil’s rural upbringing and his affinity with the countryside are evident in his earliest work, the Eclogues, a collection of ten pastoral poems. As an adult Virgil lived mostly in Naples, although he spent time in Rome and belonged to the circle of influential poets that included Horace. He also had connections to leading men within the senatorial class and to the Emperor Augustus himself. Following the Eclogues, Virgil wrote the Georgics, a didactic poem, and thereafter began his longest and most ambitious work, the Aeneid. He died in Brindisi in 19 BC.

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