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Works of Virgil: The Eclogues. Part 2

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From: Monarch Notes
Date: 19630101
Author:Virgil

Virgil
Monarch Notes
01-01-1963
The Eclogues. Part 2
Eclogue V

Now we come to traditional themes for this eclogue. It is another singing
contest and, as in the third eclogue, there is a reference to a historical
person. This time it is more veiled, but still it is fairly certain that the
Daphnis in the poem is Julius Caesar, whom Virgil, as well as many others
regarded as a national hero. He was deified, that is, proclaimed a god, in 42
B.C. by a vote of the senate and people. Virgil alludes to this in the poem.
In fact he is rather consistently a hero worshiper, whether it be Pollio,
Julius ...

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