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Vergil, Eclogues, 1.1-1.5


nanYou, Tityrus, 'neath a broad beech-canopy


nanreclining, on the slender oat rehearse


nanyour silvan ditties: I from my sweet fields


nanand home's familiar bounds, even now depart.


nanExiled from home am I; while, Tityrus, you


Intertexts (texts cited often on the same page as the searched text):

13 results
1. Hesiod, Works And Days, 203-212, 202 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

202. Might will be right and shame shall cease to be
2. Hesiod, Theogony, 25-26, 24 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)

24. By them to sing adeptly as he brought
3. Theocritus, Idylls, 17.124-17.130 (4th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

4. Horace, Letters, 1.14, 2.1.145-2.1.155 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

1.14. Upon the whole, a man that will peruse this history, may principally learn from it, that all events succeed well, even to an incredible degree, and the reward of felicity is proposed by God; but then it is to those that follow his will, and do not venture to break his excellent laws: and that so far as men any way apostatize from the accurate observation of them, what was practicable before becomes impracticable; and whatsoever they set about as a good thing is converted into an incurable calamity. 1.14. 3. Noah, when, after the deluge, the earth was resettled in its former condition, set about its cultivation; and when he had planted it with vines, and when the fruit was ripe, and he had gathered the grapes in their season, and the wine was ready for use, he offered sacrifice, and feasted
5. Lucretius Carus, On The Nature of Things, 1.117-1.118, 1.250-1.261, 5.11, 5.19 (1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. BCE)

6. Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.824 (1st cent. BCE - missingth cent. CE)

7. Appian, Civil Wars, 5.12-5.13 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Statius, Thebais, 2.30 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

9. Suetonius, Augustus, 13 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. Apuleius, The Golden Ass, 1.1.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

11. Vergil, Aeneis, 5.734, 6.638, 7.30

5.734. Next Atys rode, young Atys, sire to be 7.30. their sails with winds of power, and sped them on
12. Vergil, Eclogues, 1.2-1.10, 1.18-1.21, 1.23-1.24, 1.27-1.35, 1.40-1.45, 1.51-1.55, 1.64-1.65, 1.67, 1.70-1.72, 1.77, 1.79-1.83, 2.45-2.55, 6.4-6.5, 9.39, 9.47

1.2. reclining, on the slender oat rehearse 1.3. your silvan ditties: I from my sweet fields 1.4. and home's familiar bounds, even now depart. 1.5. Exiled from home am I; while, Tityrus, you 1.6. it careless in the shade, and, at your call 1.7. “Fair Amaryllis” bid the woods resound. TITYRUS 1.8. O Meliboeus, 'twas a god vouchsafed 1.9. this ease to us, for him a god will I 1.10. deem ever, and from my folds a tender lamb 1.18. and this one, O my Tityrus, scarce can lead: 1.19. for 'mid the hazel-thicket here but now 1.20. he dropped her new-yeaned twins on the bare flint 1.21. hope of the flock—an ill, I mind me well 1.23. the thunder-stricken oak foretold, oft too 1.24. from hollow trunk the raven's ominous cry. 1.27. I, simpleton, deemed like this town of ours 1.28. whereto we shepherds oft are wont to drive 1.29. the younglings of the flock: so too I knew 1.30. whelps to resemble dogs, and kids their dams 1.31. comparing small with great; but this as far 1.32. above all other cities rears her head 1.33. as cypress above pliant osier towers. MELIBOEUS 1.34. And what so potent cause took you to TITYRUS 1.35. Freedom, which, though belated, cast at length 1.40. I serve but Amaryllis: for I will own 1.41. while Galatea reigned over me, I had 1.42. no hope of freedom, and no thought to save. 1.43. Though many a victim from my folds went forth 1.44. or rich cheese pressed for the unthankful town 1.45. never with laden hands returned I home. MELIBOEUS 1.51. the very vineyards, cried aloud for you. TITYRUS 1.52. What could I do? how else from bonds be freed 1.53. or otherwhere find gods so nigh to aid? 1.54. There, Meliboeus, I saw that youth to whom 1.55. yearly for twice six days my altars smoke. 1.64. Happy old man, who 'mid familiar stream 1.65. and hallowed springs, will court the cooling shade! 1.67. that feasts with willow-flower the Hybla bees 1.70. uplifts his song, nor cease their cooings hoarse 1.71. the wood-pigeons that are your heart's delight 1.72. nor doves their moaning in the elm-tree top. TITYRUS 1.77. than from my heart his face and memory fade. MELIBOEUS 1.79. ome to the Scythian steppes, or thy swift flood 1.80. cretan Oaxes, now must wend our way 1.81. or placeName key= 1.82. Ah! shall I ever in aftertime behold 1.83. my native bounds—see many a harvest hence 2.45. ‘Mine once,’ quoth he, ‘now yours, as heir to own.’ 2.46. Foolish Amyntas heard and envied me. 2.47. Ay, and two fawns, I risked my neck to find 2.48. in a steep glen, with coats white-dappled still 2.49. from a sheep's udders suckled twice a day— 2.50. these still I keep for you; which Thestili 2.51. implores me oft to let her lead away; 2.52. and she shall have them, since my gifts you spurn. 2.53. Come hither, beauteous boy; for you the Nymph 2.54. bring baskets, see, with lilies brimmed; for you 2.55. plucking pale violets and poppy-heads 6.4. of battles and of kings, the Cynthian god 6.5. plucked at mine ear and warned me: “Tityrus 9.39. Mantua to poor Cremona all too near— 9.47. or Cinna deem I, but account myself
13. Vergil, Georgics, 4.563-4.566

4.563. Fire and a fearful beast, and flowing stream. 4.564. But when no trickery found a path for flight 4.565. Baffled at length, to his own shape returned 4.566. With human lips he spake, “Who bade thee, then


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
arsinoe Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
augustus,as restorer of rome Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
authoritarianism Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 49
bees Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
berenice Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
bucolic,genre of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
bucolic,pastores (herdsmen) in Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
bucolic,settings of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
bucolic poetry Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
caesar,octavian,and georgic poet (virgil) Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
callimacheanism Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
callimachus Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48, 49, 102
callimachus of cyrenae Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 235
carson,anne Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
civil wars,and land confiscations Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124
closure Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
curtius,ernst robert Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
de re rustica (varro),bucolic features in Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
de re rustica (varro),characters of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
de re rustica (varro),epic features in Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
de re rustica (varro),metaphor in Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
diana Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
dido Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
disunity Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 235
eclogues,,and land expropriation Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124, 219
eclogues,,and theme of desire Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
eclogues Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
economy,of otium Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 124
endings Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
epicureanism,ataraxia Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
epicureanism,lucretian imagery Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
epicureanism,theory of motivation Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
epicureanism Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
epicurus Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 41
epos Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
eras,as expropriative Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
eras,elegiac Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
farm owners,roman Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
flavian Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
genre,,elegy Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
georgic poet,as impotent in world of power Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
georgic poet,as poet of ambiguity and exchange Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
georgic poet and caesar (octavian) Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
gratidianus,marius Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
hellenistic encomia Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
hellenistic ruler cult Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
imperium,over mediterranean lands Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
land,and aesthetic production Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124, 153
land,expropriation and redistribution of in the eclogues Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124, 219
land,grants and expropriation Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
land confiscations Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 40
libertas Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 40, 41, 43, 48
locus amoenus,,ancient sources for Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
locus amoenus,,as ecphrasis Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
maecenas,and satires Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
marius,gaius Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
meliboeus Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
mulcere and permulcere Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
muses Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48, 49
nymphs Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
old testament' Huebner (2013), The Family in Roman Egypt: A Comparative Approach to Intergenerational Solidarity and Conflict. 159
otium,as pastoral theme Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
otium Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 41, 48, 102
parthenope (naples) Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 102
pastor (herdsman),activities of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
pastor (herdsman),as central figures in bucolic poetry Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
pastoral,and horace's estate" Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
pastoral,and ideology of patronage Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123
pastoral,and land redistribution Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124
pastoral,and plenitude Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
pastoral,and song Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124
pastoral,contest Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
pastoral,epicurean ethos of Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
pastoral,ideal vision of Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123, 124
pastoral,song as pharmahon Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 219
pastoral,theocritean Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 124, 219
pastures Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
patronage,assimilated to pastoral conventions Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 123
pax augusta,philippi,battle of Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 40
perkell,christine Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 124
pollius felix Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
pollius temple of Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
programmatic statements Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
property Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 235
proscriptions Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
ptolemy i soter Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
ptolemy ii philadelphus Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 48
readers of georgics and ambiguity of text,,risk moral complacency Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
recusatio Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153
resolution Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
rhetoric,agon Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
rhetoric Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
ritual Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
rome,,martial dimensions of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
rome,,metaphorical uses of Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
sabine farm,the,as locus amoenus Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 153, 229
satire Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
seruitium amoris Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 235
servius,on the locus amoenus Bowditch (2001), Cicero on the Philosophy of Religion: On the Nature of the Gods and On Divination, 229
slavery Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 43
sleep Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
sphragis Roumpou (2023), Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature. 204
surrentum Putnam et al. (2023), The Poetic World of Statius' Silvae, 117
susurrus Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
thelyphron Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
theocritus Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15; Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 43, 48
tityrus Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155; Xinyue (2022), Politics and Divinization in Augustan Poetry, 40, 41, 43, 48, 49, 102
truth,georgic poet's,as confirmed in history" Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
truth,georgic poet's,as grander than orpheus' truth" Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189
unity Michalopoulos et al. (2021), The Rhetoric of Unity and Division in Ancient Literature, 235
utile and dulce Graverini (2012), Literature and Identity in The Golden Ass of Apuleius. 15
vergil,as author of eclogues Nelsestuen (2015), Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic. 155
virgil,in the georgics Perkell (1989), The Poet's Truth: A Study of the Poet in Virgil's Georgics, 189