Pastoral reflects the Greek origin of the pastoral tradition.
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Pastoral literature often refers to rural subjects and aspects of life in the country such as being a shepherd or cowherd, or other farm worker. Such jobs are often highly idealized and unrealistically depicted in such literature.
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Pastoral music includes strophic songs and musical laments.
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Idealized pastoral landscapes appear in Hellenistic and Roman wall paintings.
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