Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose
Theocritus
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Theocritus · 30 chapters
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He was a Syracusan, or, as others say, a Coan settled in Syracuse.
He wrote the so-called Bucolics in the Dorian dialect.
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- LIFE OF THEOCRITUSSample
- THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE
- IDYL I
- IDYL II
- IDYL III
- IDYL IV
- IDYL V
- The Singing Match.
- IDYL VI
- IDYL VII
- IDYL VIII
- IDYL IX
- IDYL X THE REAPERS
- The Lityerses Song.
- IDYL XI THE CYCLOPS IN LOVE
- IDYL XII THE PASSIONATE FRIEND
- IDYL XIII HYLAS AND HERACLES
- IDYL XIV
- IDYL XV
- IDYL XVI
- IDYL XVII
- IDYL XVIII
- IDYL XIX
- IDYL XX
- IDYL XXI
- IDYL XXII THE DIOSCURI
- IDYL XXIII THE VENGEANCE OF LOVE
- IDYL XXIV THE INFANT HERACLES
- IDYL XXV HERACLES THE LION-SLAYER
- IDYL XXVI
- IDYL XXVII THE WOOING OF DAPHNIS
- IDYL XXVIII
- IDYL XXIX
- Fragment of the Berenice.
- EPIGRAMS
- I For a rustic Altar.
- II For a Herdsman’s Offering.
- III For a Picture.
- IV Priapus.
- V The rural Concert.
- VI The Dead are beyond hope.
- VII For a statue of Asclepius.
- VIII Orthon’s Grave.
- IX The Death of Cleonicus.
- X A Group of the Muses.
- XI The Grave of Eusthenes.
- XIII For a statue of Aphrodite.
- XIV The Grave of Euryrnedon.
- XV The Grave of Eurymedon.
- XVI For a statue of Anacreon.
- XVII For a statue of Epicharmus.
- XVIII The Grave of Cleita.
- XIX The statue of Archilochus.
- XX The statue of Pisander.
- XXI The Grave of Hipponax.
- XXII For the Bank of Caicus.
- XXIII On his own Poems. [167]
- BION
- I THE LAMENT FOR ADONIS
- II THE LOVE OF ACHILLES
- III THE SEASONS
- IV THE BOY AND LOVE
- V THE TUTOR OF LOVE
- VI LOVE AND THE MUSES
- IX
- X
- XI
- XII
- XIV
- MOSCHUS
- IDYL I LOVE THE RUNAWAY
- IDYL II EUROPA AND THE BULL
- IDYL III THE LAMENT FOR BION
- IDYL IV
- IDYL V
- IDYL VI
- IDYL VII
- IDYL VIII
- IDYL IX
- FOOTNOTES