# Meliboeus — The Eclogues character guide

> Meliboeus in The Eclogues by Virgil.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Thyrsis Meliboeus, Pastoral VII Meliboeus

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

## Who they are

A dispossessed shepherd who laments his exile while conversing with Tityrus.

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