# Daphnis — The Eclogues character guide

> Daphnis in The Eclogues by Virgil.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Menalcas, Fierce tigers Daphnis, cruel Daphnis, Fate the godlike Daphnis

**First appearance:** 0000-pastoral-i-tityrus-and-meliboeus

## Who they are

A shepherd and central figure in pastoral songs, mourned and deified after his death.

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