Ignoring Philanax, the Duke moves his family to the country, hoping thereby to evade an oracular prophecy. His efforts are for naught when two princes fall in love with his daughters and disguise themselves to gain access to the fair maidens. Musildorus disguises himself as a shepherd and pretends to court a rustic's daughter. Pyrocles takes on the persona of the Amazon Cleophila, attracting both the Duchess (who sees through his drag) and the Duke (who doesn't). The five-part narrative is interrupted by poetical interludes in the form of eclog
Ignoring Philanax, the Duke moves his family to the country, hoping thereby to evade an oracular prophecy. His efforts are for naught when two princes fall in love with his daughters and disguise themselves to gain access to the fair maidens. Musildorus disguises himself as a shepherd and pretends to court a rustic's daughter. Pyrocles takes on the persona of the Amazon Cleophila, attracting both the Duchess (who sees through his drag) and the Duke (who doesn't). The five-part narrative is interrupted by poetical interludes in the form of eclogues in, FTP, what pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney?
Ignoring Philanax, the Duke moves his family to the country, hoping thereby to evade an oracular prophecy.
{Arcadia}