A short dramatic poem, especially a pastoral dialogue between shepherds or rural characters.
From Greek eklogē meaning 'selection' or 'picking out,' via Latin ecloga. It originally meant a selected poem, then became associated with pastoral poetry like those written by Virgil.
Eglogues were the TikToks of ancient Rome—short, memorable, often romantic poems about shepherd life that everyone memorized and quoted to seem sophisticated and cultured.
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