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Definition of "eclogues" [eclogues]

  • Plural form of eclogue. (noun)
  • A series of pastoral poems by Virgil (noun)

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Use "eclogues" in a sentence
  • "If the identity of authorship be assumed as correct, it is probable that the eclogues are the later production."
  • "Virgil wrote poems on husbandry, and short dialogue poems called eclogues, in one of which he spoke of the time of Augustus in words that would almost serve as a prophecy of the kingdom of Him who was just born at Bethlehem."
  • "His eclogues were the only ones that interested me when I was a boy, and did not know they were burlesque."