Internal Structure Outline

Dramatic, narrative & thematic segments are set off, e.g. 6, 12, 12, 6. Complex associations & distinctions are shown with nested signs, e.g. [8, (5, 6), 9]. Curved brackets, {...}, surround segments presented by narration. The competitions in B 3 & 7 (48 vv) are summed together with the rest of the verses for the verse totals in the eclogue, e.g. B 7 (22 + 48 = 70). Following the totals, 'Dr' or 'Na' indicate whether the eclogue is cast in dramatic or narrative mode. 

Bucolic # (total verses): verse segments 

  • ecl 1 (83 'Dr'): 5; 5; 29; 5, {1}; 28; 5; 5 
  • ecl 2 (73 'Na'): 5; {([29]1, {{5}}, [29]2), 5} 
    • [29]1 = [6, 7, 16] / [29]2 = [16, 7, 6]
  • ecl 3 (111 = 63 + [48] 'Dr'): (6; 21; 21; 6); <5; [48]; 4> 
    • [48] = [4; 12; 8; 8; 12; 4]
  • ecl 4 (63 'Na'): 3, {4, <3, 7, ([28], 7) 7>, 4} 
    • [28] = [8,(5, 6), 9]
  • ecl 5 (90 'Dr'): 9; (3/3; 4); [25]; 11; [25]; (4; 3/3) 
    • [25]= [4, 5, 7, 4, 5]
  • ecl 6 (86 'Na' Tityrus): {(5, 7), <14, [14, 6, 14, 13, (8)], 5>} 
  • ecl 7 (70 = 22 + 48 'Na' Melibœus): {5, 8, 7, [48], 2}
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    • [48] = [(4; 4) x 6]
  • ecl 8 (108 = 36 + 36 + 36 'Na') {5, 8, 3, [45]1, 2, [45]2} 
    • [45]1 = [(4,1,3,1,5,1) (4,1,5,1,3,1) (4,1,5,1,3,1)]
    • [45]2 = [(4,1,3,1,5,1) (4,1,5,1,3,1) (5,1,3,1,4,1)]
    • Omitted are vv 28a, 76: cf. Skutsch 1969, 156.
  • ecl 9 (67 'Dr'): 1; [28]; 7; [29]; 2 
    • [28] = [5/4/6; (6:3)/(1:3)]
    • [29] = [(2:5/2:5); 5/10]
  • ecl 10 (77 'Na'): 8; {(26, 2, 5, 2, 26)}; 8
      • John Van Sickle, adapted from Maia 25 (1983) 206.