IDYLL I.
The Death of Daphnis.
THYRSIS. A GOATHERD.
THYRSIS.
Sweet are the whispers of
yon pine that makes
Low music...
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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 T...
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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 pasto...
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Theocritus, translated into English Verse
Theocritus
Theocritus