[PDF] A Translation Of The Idylls Of Theocritus eBook

Author : R. C. Trevelyan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 28,17 MB
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 1107432197

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Originally published in 1947, this book contains the English translation of twenty eight idylls and twenty three epigrams originally attributed to Theocritus. Trevelyan begins each idyll with a short synopsis and a brief introduction concerning the history behind each poem and its influence in later Greek and Latin poetry. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Theocritus or English Classical reception.

Author : Theocritus
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 50,88 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192839848

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'Eucritus and I and pretty Amyntas turned asideTo the farm of Phrasidamus, where we sank downWith pleasure on deep-piled couches of sweet rushes,And vine leaves freshly stripped from the bush.'The Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC) was the inventor of 'bucolic' poetry. These vignettes of country life, centred on competitions in song and love, are the foundational poems of the western pastoral tradition. They were the principal model for Virgil in theEclogues and their influence can be seen in the work of Petrarch and Milton. Although it is the pastoral poems for which he is chiefly famous, Theocritus also wrote hymns to the gods, brilliant mime depictions of everyday life, short narrative epics, epigrams, and encomia of the powerful. Thegreat variety of his poems illustrates the rich and flourishing poetic culture of what was a golden age for Greek poetry.

Author : Theocritus
Publisher : W. W. Norton
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 1986-05-01
Category : Alexandria (Egypt)
ISBN : 9780393000733

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A modern translation of the pastoral poems written by the ancient Greek poet

Author : Anna Rist
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,33 MB
Release : 2011-04
Category : Country life
ISBN : 9780807897638

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In this intellectual history of American liberalism during the second half of the 19th century, Butler examines a group of nationally prominent and internationally oriented writers who sustained an American tradition of self-consciously progressive and co

Author : Theocritus
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 1999-02-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780521574204

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This is the first full-scale commentary on poems by Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry; the poems included in this volume (Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13) are principally the bucolic poems which, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition. The focus of the commentary is literary - both on how Theocritus exploited the classical heritage for a new type of poetry, and on what that poetry meant in the third century BC. The commentary, together with the introductory essays to each poem, makes a major contribution to the understanding of this extraordinary poetic form. The Introduction explores the meaning of 'bucolic', the presentation of a stylised countryside, the importance of eros in the bucolic world, and Theocritus' verbal and metrical style.

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Publisher : BRILL
Page : 852 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 2021-08-16
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9004466711

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Brill's Companion to Theocritus offers an up-to-date guide to a thorough understanding of Theocritus’ literary output. Exploring his corpus from a variety of novel perspectives, it presents a detailed account of the intricacy of Theocritus’ poetic art.

Author : Theocritus
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 19,88 MB
Release : 2021-09-09
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ISBN : 9781014752604

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