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Title

Idylls / Theocritus ; translated by Anthony Verity ; with an introduction and notes by Richard Hunter.

Author

Theocritus

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Verity, Anthony
• Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)

Description

xxii, 114 p. : ill., map; 20 cm.

Summary

"This is a new annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century B.C.), the inventor of 'bucolic' or 'pastoral' poetry, the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues, and hence a major figure in the literary traditions which antiquity bequeathed to Western literature. Although it is the pastoral poems for which he is best known, Theocritus' oeuvre also includes hymns to the gods, brilliant mime depictions of everyday life, and encomia of the great, such as Ptolemy Philadelphus. Theocritus is our best witness to the rich variety of poetic forms which flourished in the Hellenistic age."--Jacket.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

• Idylls. English
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Alternative Title

Idylls.

Subject

• Theocritus > Translations into English
• Pastoral poetry, Greek > Translations into English

Genre/Form

• Translations
• Poetry

Note

• "A new translation by Anthony Verity." -- Cover.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxi]-xxii).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction / Richard Hunter -- Map of Theocritus' World -- Thyrsis' Lament for Daphnis -- The Sorceress -- The Serenade -- The Two Herdsmen -- Goatherd and Shepherd -- Damoetas and Daphnis -- The Harvest Festival -- The Reapers -- The Cyclops' Serenade -- The Beloved -- The Story of Hylas -- Aeschinas and Thyonichus -- The Women at the Festival -- The Graces -- In Praise of Ptolemy -- The Marriage Song for Helen -- The Dioscuri -- The Childhood of Heracles -- The Bacchantes -- The Distaff -- To a Boy -- To Another Boy -- Explanatory Notes / Richard Hunter.

ISBN

0192839845 (pbk.)

OCLC

• 52145694
• SCSB-12907683

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library