Virgil Eclogue VIII Alphesiboeus goes to Amaryllis for spells and incantations to bring his male lover Daphuis home from town. The flame of the sacrifice burns up and the dog, Hylax, barks.	Virgil Eclogue I Tityrus welcomes Meliboeus who has been driven from his lands in the unrest following the murder of Julius Caesar. Virgil saw himself in the place of Tityvus, (as Alan Dodd painted himself).	Virgil Eclogue V Mopsus, with reed pipe, meets Menalcus, a poet, with a brass-embossed shepherds' crook. On parting they exchange these as gifts.