Theocritean Elements in Virgil's Eclogues
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9664434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R W Garson (The University of Adelaide, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1971 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 188-203 |
| Publication date | 1971-05-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Classical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-8388 • E-ISSN: 1471-6844 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0009838800028949 |
| OpenAlex | W1983640248 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Much of the early scholarship on Virgilian borrowings from Theocritus offered mere lists of parallel passages and, where criticism was attempted at all, the Eclogues often attracted such uncomplimentary labels as ‘cento’ or ‘pastiche’. In more recent scholarship the tendency to concentrate on insoluble problems and arithmetical correspondences lingers and, while some critical works of the sixties are characterized by a welcome upsurge in sensitivity, one occasionally suspects that Virgil has had attributed to him concepts which are two millennia ahead of his time. To redress the balance, the following pages adhere to the text of Virgil and aim at being fairly conservative. Despite the volume of literature on the Eclogues , ample scope remains for differing interpretations, for the filling in of details and for a more methodical approach to the specific subject of borrowings from Theocritus
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| Citations per year | 0.11 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2012 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |