Plural of eclogue; multiple pastoral poems or poetic compositions featuring rural and shepherd themes.
From eclogue with the standard English plural suffix -s, based on the Greek and Latin singular form.
Famous eclogues by Virgil and Renaissance poets like Spenser created an entire tradition of 'armchair pastoral' literature—it's the ancestor of fantasy novels where people romanticize simple country life!
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