Andrea Cucchiarelli is Full Professor of Latin Literature at La Sapienza University of Rome. He has published widely on Lucretius, Cicero, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Petronius, and his recent books include Virgilio: Le Bucoliche (Carocci, 2012), Orazio: L'esperienza delle cose (Marsilio, 2015), and Orazio: Epistole libro I (Scuola Normale Superiore, 2019).

This is a major contribution to the (already vast) library on Virgil... 'Virgil's trees can and do teach us something' says C. and no matter how well you think you know these poems you too will learn something on every page of this astounding book.

• Foreword: Tityrus and the discovery of the new gods INTRODUCTION The Eclogues in their time Biographical issues The poet, the herdsman, and mimesis Arcadia, Epicureanism, and the 'Gods' The bucolic book Textual transmission THE ECLOGUES COMMENTARY Eclogue 1 Eclogue 2 Eclogue 3 Eclogue 4 Eclogue 5 Eclogue 6 Eclogue 7 Eclogue 8 Eclogue 9 Eclogue 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY

Andrea Cucchiarelli is Full Professor of Latin Literature at La Sapienza University of Rome. He has published widely on Lucretius, Cicero, Vergil, Horace, Ovid, and Petronius, and his recent books include Virgilio: Le Bucoliche (Carocci, 2012), Orazio: L'esperienza delle cose (Marsilio, 2015), and Orazio: Epistole libro I (Scuola Normale Superiore, 2019).

This is a major contribution to the (already vast) library on Virgil... 'Virgil's trees can and do teach us something' says C. and no matter how well you think you know these poems you too will learn something on every page of this astounding book.

• Foreword: Tityrus and the discovery of the new gods INTRODUCTION The Eclogues in their time Biographical issues The poet, the herdsman, and mimesis Arcadia, Epicureanism, and the 'Gods' The bucolic book Textual transmission THE ECLOGUES COMMENTARY Eclogue 1 Eclogue 2 Eclogue 3 Eclogue 4 Eclogue 5 Eclogue 6 Eclogue 7 Eclogue 8 Eclogue 9 Eclogue 10 BIBLIOGRAPHY