Çoban Türküleri-Bucolica

Publius Vergilius Maro (M.Ö.70 - M.Ö. 19)

kitapta 10 adet çoban türküsü-şiir vardır.

kronolojik olarak; 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 1, 9, 10 şeklinde sıralanabilir.

1, 3, 5, 7, 9. şiirler monolog-anlatım; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. şiirleri ise diyalog-atışmadır.

1. çoban türküsü, Tityrus. (Meliboeus ile Tityrus'un diyaloğu. tarih, m.ö 41.

2. çoban türküsü, Alexis. (nette Alexin, Alexim şekilde yazımları var). çoban Cordon'dan Alexis'e. tarih, m.ö. 43-40.

3. çoban türküsü, Menalcas, Damoetas (Damoeta), Palaemon. Menalcas-Damoetas atışması, hakem Palaemon'dur. tarih, m.ö. 42.

4. çoban türküsü, Pollio. m.ö. 40'ta konsül (consul-consül-eski romada devlet başkanı) Gaius Asinius Pollio için övgü. "doğacak yeni çocukla, yeni yüzyıllar içinde, altınçağ geri gelecektir. çocuk büyüdükçe, altınçağ gelişecektir." bu şiir, ortaçağda, İSA"nın olarak yorumlanmış, şaire kutsallık atfedilmiş.

5. çoban türküsü, Daphnis (Defne-Caesar-Sezar). Menalcas ile Mopse (Mopsus) arasındaki atışma. tarih, m.ö. 42.

6. çoban türküsü, Silenus, Silenum. türkü, yaşlı Silenus'un ağzından, evrenin oluşumu, yaratılış anlatılır. türkü, Gallia Cisalpina yöneticisi Alfenus Varus'a adanmış. tarih, m.ö. 40.

7. çoban türküsü, Meliboeus. Meliboeus ile Daphnis ikisi birlikte, Corydon ile Thyrsis'in atışmasını izlerler. yazılış yılı bilinmiyor.

8. çoban türküsü, Damonisi, Alphesiboei (Alphesiboeus). bu iki çobanın türküleri. atışma değil. şiirler, sevginin ve büyünün gücünü göstermektedir. konsül pallioya adanmış. tarih, m.ö. 39.

9. çoban türküsü, Lycidas, Moeri (Moeris). bu iki kişi arasındaki söyleşi. tarih, m.ö. 39.

10. çoban türküsü, Gallo (Gallus). elegia-ağıt-üzüntü ozanlarından Gaius Cornelius Gallus'un bir kıza olan aşkı-sevgisi anlatılır. yazar, esinini-ilhamını, çoban türküsü perisi-kaynak-pınar perisi Arethusa'dan alır. tarih, m.ö. 37.

11.6.2017

O livro é uma coletânea de dez éclogas que oferecem uma visão idealizada da vida bucólica no campo.

Explora a vida pastoral através de diálogos/competições musicais entre pastores, abordando temas variados como amor, a beleza da natureza, as alegrias e dificuldades do cotidiano rural, bem como reflexões políticas e sociais da época.

Apesar do tema ser de algum interesse, a obra é tediosa em sua escrita, com uma linguagem poética que desagrada.

Tempo estimado de leitura: 2 horas

Virgil, the Latin poet, speaks on issues of politics and culture. His poetry brings up historic figures, even mentioning the infant Christ. This is where the iconic phrase "lover conquers all" originated from.

“La torva leona persigue al lobo, a su vez el lobo a la cabrita, la retozona cabrita va tras el cantueso en flor y en pos tuyo, oh Alexis, Coridón: a cada uno le arrastra su placer. Mira, los novillos traen pendientes del yugo los arados y, al ocultarse el sol dobla las crecientes sombras; a mí, sin embargo, abrásame el amor, pues ¿que medida cabe en el amor?”

p.43, Bucólica segunda (Coridón y Alexis <3)

“Alfesibeo: (...) Sea buen presagio. (...) ¿Lo creemos? ¿O los que aman se forjan sueños ellos mismos?”

p.95, Bucólica octava


Bucólicas favoritas: I, II, IV, VI, IX, X

Our familiar Virgil tempers the grandeur of the epic with loss, and strikes ambiguous moods in the midst of war glory; but, the lesser known Virgil floods the senses with a rustic imagination drunk on the colourful singing of country air through mountains and over streams. Here the world turns over, like a grave person all wrapped up in earth, and the furniture of the universe weeps with joy for one special child to be seated.

True to his peculiar habits of adopting striking contrasts and raising them as natural siblings, Arcadia is temporary and present few times through this poetic life. For under the romantic ground of transformed nature lies a familiar world of political realism and untrammeled power. If Virgil had chosen otherwise than to transfigure, the Eclogues might not have been as lasting as they have been through all proceeding time.

love me a good shepherd rap battle

Ten pastoral poems without a hint of the epic or heroic, just the small dramas of life on a human scale: lost farms, lost loves, friendship and rivalry, and the trials of living on the margins. A quietly eloquent work, The Eclogues is the world’s first concept album, a collection of lyrics that wrought a revolution that lives, breathes, and sings today, arguably making The Eclogues a greater masterwork than his Aeneid. Ferry’s translation is good enough to do two things: make you forget it’s a translation and wish you could read Latin. Read it twice straight through and will likely read it a third time soon.

oh vergie!
translated all ten from the latin :)

"Love cares for no one.
The bees never seem to have enough of clover,
The goats never seem to have enough of leaves,
The meadows never enough of freshening water;
Love never seems to have enough of tears." [81]

I'm a Latin teacher, so I figured I had to read this book start to finish! I think I kind of have to like it because it's written by the same poet who wrote The Aeneid, but to be honest I was pretty disappointed. It's beautiful writing and I definitely underlined some areas just because the poetry was so exquisite, and I loved learning about this completely different world of shepherding and flute playing.

I guess I was hoping it would be more narrative, like the Aeneid, and instead it was like a strange play, with shepherds singing to each other and processing their relationships as well as the devastating impact of Caesar Augustus' land redistributions. So I learned a bit and enjoyed reading this in such a short time (one day!). I've read sections of it in Latin and it's beautiful in the original as well. I don't think, however, that I'll be rereading all of it in Latin anytime soon because it just didn't really pique my interest in the English either. Shepherds singing to each other might be beautiful, but it's not exactly a page-turner.

If you're looking for a unique Latin text to read, I recommend The Golden Ass by Apuleius (translated by Sarah Ruden). It's a book that still is full of magic two thousand years later, and is universally appealing in a way that I just didn't find the Eclogues to be. That said, I think sometimes a good teacher can bring an ancient text to life, so maybe I'll feel differently about it if I meet someone who loves it. For now, only a weak 3 stars from me : (

Ten pastoral poems by Virgil. You can read them here:

http://classics.mit.edu/Virgil/eclogu...

And then you can read Lycidas and understand the context.

Didn't move me.