The Greek Bucolic Poets
by Theocritus, Bion, Moschus.
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Theocritus (third century BCE) was the founder of bucolic poetry. The extant poems of Moschus (second century BCE) and Bion (probably second and first centuries BCE) are not really bucolic, but Bion's Lament for Adonis is floridly brilliant. Pattern poems are found in the Greek Anthology, a work of many centuries.Tags
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Very good for its time, which is said not in trendy preference for the modern but with a recognition of the inevitable -- ahem -- challenges presented to the Victorian Lang by some of the racier lines. Taken in tandem with the Loeb GREEK BUCOLIC POETS, the non-reader of classical Greek can gain a very good sense of what those old fellows were about.
Edition: // Descr: xxviii, 527 p. 17 cm. // Series: The Loeb Classical Library Call No. { 848.70 E21-L } Series Edited by Capps, E., Page, T.E., and Rouse, W.H.D. With an English Translation by J.M. Edmonds Contains Index and Greek and English Versions. // //
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Regarded as the creator of pastoral poetry, Theocritus was a native of Syracuse and lived in Alexandria. About 30 idylls and a number of his epigrams are extant. His genuine love of the country lends freshness and great beauty to the idylls; his bucolic characters are realistic and alive. He is a master of dramatic presentation, description, and show more lyrical refinement. He has had many imitators, among them Virgil and Spenser. The surviving works of two other Greek pastoral poets are often included with those of Theocritus: Moschus of Syracuse, who lived in the second century b.c. and Bion, who is best known for his Lament for Adonis. The Andrew Lang translation in prose of these three poets is considered an English classic. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- The Greek Bucolic Poets
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- 100's BCE - 300's
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