Idylls

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

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Theocritus
Other Authors: Verity, Anthony, Hunter, R. L. (Richard L.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Ancient Greek
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Pastoral poetry, Greek > Translations into English.
Country life > Poetry.
Mediterranean Region > Poetry.
Poetry.
Translations.
Translations (form)
Poems (texts)
Online Access:Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Uniform Title:Idylls.
Table of 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.

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