Dear Mr. Wiersum,
I do not know to what extent your curiosity has been piqued by this
material, but you may want to look at :
Courcelle, Pierre, 'Les Exégèses Chrétiennes de la Quatrième Églogue,'
Revue desÉtudes Anciennes 59 (1957), 294-319.
The following is a brief discussion
Dear Helen,
Thank you so much for a response with your work in progress. It
is interesting how following the vicissitudes of the Fourth Eclogue
gets one into the heart of church history and the history of Christian
doctrine. It is an education in itself.
James C. Wiersum
It's Advent; I'm a Christian clergyman.This time of year we clergy
consult books that help with Bible passages concerning the birth of the
Christ. So I was surprised to find in a book I had long had a translation
and analysis of Virgil's Fourth Eclogue. The book is a 1977 commentary by
the Roman
