Theocritus, Moschus, Bion / edited and translated by Neil Hopkinson.

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Theocritus (early third century BCE), born in Syracuse and also active on Cos and at Alexandria, was the inventor of the bucolic genre. Like his contemporary Callimachus, Theocritus was a learned poet who followed the aesthetic, developed a generation earlier by Philitas of Cos (LCL 508), of refashi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Theocritus (Author)
Bion, of Phlossa near Smyrna (Author)
Moschus (Author)
Other Authors: Hopkinson, Neil, 1957-2021 (Editor, Translator)
Language:English
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Language of the Original:
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2015.
Series:Loeb classical library ; 28.
Subjects:
Theocritus > Translations into English.
Greek poetry, Hellenistic > Translations into English.
Pastoral poetry, Greek > Translations into English.
Country life > Greece > Poetry.
Country life.
Greek poetry, Hellenistic.
Pastoral poetry, Greek.
Poetry.
Translations.
Genre:
Translations into English.
Poetry.
Translations.
Physical Description:xxvi, 590 pages ; 17 cm.
Format: Book

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