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Theocritus | | Birth Date: |
c. 310 B.C. | | Death Date: |
c. 245 B.C. | | Nationality: |
Greek | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
author, poet |
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 Biography of Theocritus
338 words, approx. 1 pages
 The Greek author Theocritus (ca. 310-ca. 245 BC) is credited with being the first and greatest pastoral poet. He expressed great delight in nature and rural life. The best source for the biography of Theocritus is his own poems. He was a native of... summary from source:
 Biography of Theocritus
4,713 words, approx. 16 pages
 Theocritus's importance to literary history lies in his invention of the pastoral genre. Although other Hellenistic poets wrote on rustic themes, Virgil sealed Theocritus's claim to be the first pastoralist by modeling his Eclogues (37 B.C.) on his... 
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 Theocritus Quotes
195 words, approx. 1 pages
Theocritus (fl. c. 270 BC ) was a Greek poet of the 3rd century BC, probably a Syracusan who later lived in Kos and Alexandria . He invented the genre of pastoral poetry . Sourced Idylls While there's life there’s hope, and only the dead have none....
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Theocritus Information
1,900 words, approx. 6 pages
Theocritus (Greek Θεόκριτος), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC. Little is known of him beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of...
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 Renaissance Quarterly Pastoral and the Poetics of Self-Contradiction: Theocritus to Marvell. (book reviews)
06/22/1997: 738 words, approx. 3 pages Judith Haber's compact, stimulating Pastoral and the Poetics of Self-Contradiction is a profoundly (and deliberately) unsatisfying but not unsatisfactory book. Initially attempting "to account for the persistence of the antipastoral in pastoral poetry," especially in Renaissance texts as exemplified in Marvell's poetry, Haber,...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Joan B. Burton
28,812 words, approx. 96 pages
In the following excerpt, Burton examines how Theocritus portrayed changing gender roles, the rise of feminine power, and gender ambiguity in his poems.
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Critical Essay by Steven F. Walker
15,935 words, approx. 53 pages
In the following excerpt, Walker examines Theocritus's use of the herdsman-poet figure, his mixing of genres, his relationship to his contemporaries, and his influence and reputation.
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Critical Essay by Thomas K. Hubbard
11,203 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following excerpt, Hubbard focuses on the stylistic qualities that made Theocritus so influential on his successors.
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