See also:

• BUCOLICS (from the Gr. j owKOXucor, " pertaining to a herds-man ")

BUCOLICS (from the Gr. j owKOXucor, " pertaining to a herds-See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man ")  , a See also:

• TERM

term occasionally used for rural or See also:

• PASTORAL (from Lat. pastor, a shepherd)

pastoral See also:

• POETRY

poetry . The expression has been traced back in See also:

• ENGLISH

English to the beginning of the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, being used to describe the " Eclogues " of See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil . The most celebrated collection of See also:

• BUCOLICS (from the Gr. j owKOXucor, " pertaining to a herds-man ")

bucolics in antiquity is that of See also:

• THEOCRITUS

Theocritus, of which about See also:

• THIRTY

thirty, in the Doric See also:

• DIALECT (from Gr. Sia stcror, conversation, manner of speaking, &aXeyec6at, to converse)

dialect, and mainly written in See also:

• HEXAMETER

hexameter See also:

• VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse, have been preserved . This was the name, as is believed, originally given by Virgil to his pastoral poems, with the See also:

• DIRECT

direct See also:

• OBJECT

object of challenging comparison with the writings of Theocritus . In See also:

• MODERN

modern times the term " bucolics " has not often been specifically given by the poets to their pastorals; the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main exception being that of See also:

• RONSARD, PIERRE DE (1524-1585)

Ronsard, who collected his eclogues under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " See also:

• LES

Les Bucoliques." In See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general practice the word is almost a synonym for pastoral poetry, but has come to See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear a slightly more agricultural than shepherd signification, so that the " Georgics " of Virgil has grown to seem almost more " bucolic " than his " Eclogues." (See also PASTORAL.) (E .