Eclogues of Virgil

“Fresh-minted and sparkling . . . Ferry’s translation wonderfully preserves the exquisite harmonies of the mode while giving it a vigorous edge of reality.” —Robert Taylor, The Boston Globe

Virgil’s great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of Gilgamesh . . .

The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so ...