The piscatorial eclogue is a genre of poetry from Renaissance Italy, a variation on the pastoral eclogue that substitutes fishermen at sea for shepherds in the fields. It originated in the 1490s with the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro's Eclogae piscatoriae.
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Place of Origin Notable ExampleEclogae piscatoriae by Jacopo Sannazaro 1 Defining TraitSubstitutes fishermen at sea for shepherds in the fields, a variation on the pastoral 1 In the Other Atlases
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The piscatorial eclogue is a genre of poetry from Renaissance Italy.
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The piscatorial eclogue is a genre of poetry from Renaissance Italy.
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It originated in the 1490s, with the Neapolitan poet Jacopo Sannazaro's Eclogae piscatoriae.
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A variation on the pastoral, it substitutes fishermen at sea for shepherds in the fields.
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