Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. VIRGIL'S MAGIC AND HIS LITERARY GOAL -- CHAPTER II. THE PRELUDE TO THE BUCOLICS -- CHAPTER III. EPIC FROM PASTORAL (ECLOGUES II, III, V , IV) -- CHAPTER IV. PASTORAL ALLEGORY AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS...
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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHAPTER I. VIRGIL'S MAGIC AND HIS LITERARY GOAL -- CHAPTER II. THE PRELUDE TO THE BUCOLICS -- CHAPTER III. EPIC FROM PASTORAL (ECLOGUES II, III, V , IV) -- CHAPTER IV. PASTORAL ALLEGORY AND CONTEMPORARY EVENTS (ECLOGUES VII, VIII, IX, VI, I) -- CHAPTER V. VIRGIL'S ARCADIA (ECLOGUE X) -- CHAPTER VI. WORKS AND DAYS-A CHALLENGE TO HESIOD -- CHAPTER VII. THE PHILOSOPHY OF VINE AND TREE A CHALLENGE TO HESIOD AND TO LUCRETIUS -- CHAPTER VIII. THE ANIMALS OF THE FARM A CHALLENGE TO LUCRETIUS AND TO ENNIUS -- CHAPTER IX. THE HUMAN BEES AND THE STORY OF ORPHEUS A CHALLENGE TO HOMER -- CHAPTER Χ. VIRGIL AND THE DRAMA -- CHAPTER XI. TRAGEDY FROM ROMANCE -- CHAPTER XII. PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY FROM IMPERIAL ROME -- INDEX