A Translation of Virgil’s Ninth Eclogue

Écloga IX

Authors

  • Pedro Barbieri Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Sâo Paulo, São Paulo Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35699/1983-3636.2020.21392

Keywords:

Virgil, Eclogues, pastoral poetry, poetic translation

Abstract

I offer a poetic translation of Virgil’s Ninth Eclogue, based on the OCT  text edited by Mynors (1972). Some preliminary remarks accompany the text as well as some explanations.

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Published

2020-07-14

How to Cite

A Translation of Virgil’s Ninth Eclogue: Écloga IX. (2020). Nuntius Antiquus, 16(1), 271-281. https://doi.org/10.35699/1983-3636.2020.21392