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Idylls (Oxford World's Classics) Book

'Eucritus and I and pretty Amyntas turned aside To the farm of Phrasidamus, where we sank down With pleasure on deep-piled couches of sweet rushes, And vine leaves freshly stripped from the bush.' The Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC) was the inventor of 'bucolic' poetry. These vignettes of country life, centred on competitions in song and love, are the foundational poems of the western pastoral tradition. They were the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues and their influence can be seen in the work of Petrarch and Milton. Although it is the pastoral poems for which he is chiefly famous, Theocritus also wrote hymns to the gods, brilliant mime depictions of everyday life, short narrative epics, epigrams, and encomia of the powerful. The great variety of his poems illustrates the rich and flourishing poetic culture of what was a golden age for Greek poetry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.Read More

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  • BookDepository

    Idylls : Paperback : Oxford University Press : 9780199552429 : 0199552428 : 15 Oct 2008 : A key figure in the development of Western literature, the Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse, was the inventor of "bucolic"" or pastoral poetry in the first half of the third century BC. These vignettes of country life, which center on competitions of song and love are the foundational poems of the western pastoral tradition. They were the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues and their influence can be seen in the work of Petrarch and Milton. Although it is the pastoral poems for which he is..."

  • Blackwell

    This is an annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse, 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...

  • Pickabook

    Theocritus, Anthony Verity (Trans)

  • 0199552428
  • 9780199552429
  • Theocritus
  • 11 September 2008
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 144
  • New Ed. /
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