The Eclogue of Theodulus was a Latin

Latin

Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...

 verse

Verse (poetry)

A verse is formally a single line in a metrical composition, e.g. poetry. However, the word has come to represent any division or grouping of words in such a composition, which traditionally had been referred to as a stanza....

 dialogue, which became a standard school text of the Middle Ages

Middle Ages

The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

. Scholarship generally dates it to the 10th century, though earlier dates are also given.

The work is attributed to Gottschalk

Gottschalk

Gottschalk is a male German name, literally translating to "servant of God."People called Gottschalk:*Godescalc of Benevento, 8th-century Lombard duke...

, and in fact the name Theodolus is the Greek translation of Gottschalk (God's slave). The poem is an argument between Alithia (truth) and Pseustis (falsehood}, with Phronesis (reason), acting as referee.

External links

• Online text
• Recent bibliography and spanish manuscript´s collatio
• Edition in Migne's Patrologia Latina (PDF), Documenta Catholica Omnia.