1. short pastoral poems, typically in the form of dialogues between shepherds
Usage: literary; classical poetry

Examples

• Virgil’s Eclogues are among the most famous pastoral poems in Latin literature.
• The poet wrote several eclogues celebrating rural life and nature.
• Students studied the classical eclogues to understand ancient pastoral poetry.
• The collection included ten eclogues featuring conversations between shepherds.
• Renaissance poets often imitated the style of ancient eclogues.
• The eclogues depicted an idealized countryside with singing shepherds.