Virgil's ten Eclogues

Virgil's ten Eclogues, in order, include "The Dialogue of Meliboeus and Tityrus", "Corydon's Love for Alexis", "The Dialogue of Menalcas and Damoetas", "The Golden Age", "The Dialogue of Menalcas and Mopsus (Daphnis)", "The Song of Silenus", "Corydon and Thyrsis Compete", "Damon and Alphesiboeus Compete", "The Dialogue of Lycidas and Moeris", and "Gallus's Love". These ten stories are about the lives of shepherds/shepherdesses. The stories of the shepherds/shepherdesses are about what they did in their daily lives, and some of the conversations they would've had. These led to love stories and competition stories between these shepherds/shepherdesses (Virgil: The Eclogues). Virgil's Eclogues took him about five years to complete (Biography of Virgil). These stories have given historians great insights about lives for shepherds in ancient Rome. Virgil's background of farmers and shepherds in the family gave him first-hand knowledge about this. Virgil's work was entertaining in his time and useful to ours. Virgil is known as one of the greatest writers in ancient Rome because of these writings. He's Aeneid was his last work and did give him a good reviews as a writer, but his work with his ten Eclogues started his fame in ancient Rome.