This is a new annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC), 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.
- ISBN10 0198152906
- ISBN13 9780198152903
- Publish Date 7 November 2002
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 20 June 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Edition Annotated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 138
- Language English