Theocritus Idylls |
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| Author:
| Verity, Anthony |
| Introduction by:
| Hunter, Richard |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-815290-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2002 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $113.95 |
Book Description:
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This is a new 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 bequeathed to Western literature. Theocritus is our best witness to the rich variety of poetic forms which flourished in the Hellenistic age.
This is a new 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 bequeathed to Western literature. Theocritus is our best witness to the rich variety of poetic forms which flourished in the Hellenistic age.