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Tityrus

A shepherd in the Eclogues; in Eclogue 1 the old herdsman who keeps his farm through a god's favour, often read as a figure for Virgil himself. Recurs as a generic herdsman elsewhere.

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The Eclogues poetry · 12 mentions
The Georgics poetry · 1 mention

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