One poem in this collection repeats the refrain "Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home," while the last of these is a song addressed to a lover of Lycoris. In one of these poems, Meliboeus declares Corydon the winner over Thyrsis in a song contest. This collection opens with the image of Tityrus reclining under a broad beech tree, and the (*) fourth poem in this collection predicts a golden age following the birth of a child, the so called "Messianic" one. Based on the Idylls of Theocritus, for 10 points, iden
One poem in this collection repeats the refrain "Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home," while the last of these is a song addressed to a lover of Lycoris. In one of these poems, Meliboeus declares Corydon the winner over Thyrsis in a song contest. This collection opens with the image of Tityrus reclining under a broad beech tree, and the (*) fourth poem in this collection predicts a golden age following the birth of a child, the so called "Messianic" one. Based on the Idylls of Theocritus, for 10 points, identify this collection of ten pastoral poems sometimes called the Bucolics, the first major work of Vergil.
One poem in this collection repeats the refrain "Draw from the town, my songs, draw Daphnis home," while the last of these is a song addressed to a lover of Lycoris.
Eclogues [accept Bucolics early]