The first description of the Tagus River in Garcilaso de la Vega's third Eclogue contains a clear allusion to Julius Caesar's Gallic War and its description of the Arar River (today called the Saone). This study analyzes the reasons for this surprising allusion and attempts to demonstrate that the use of the Caesarian text as a model functions as a reference to Garcilaso's exile, decreed by Emperor Charles V The reference to Caesar's text allows Garcilaso to lament his exile even as he praises the city of Toledo and its river, which, because of that exile, he would never see again. © 2017 Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos. All rights reserved.

Garcilaso de la vega Emperors Third eclogue Rivers Exile

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