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Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose
by of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion, Moschus, Theocritus
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Project Gutenberg
Release date
2003-12-01
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Public domain in the USA.
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of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion
Remembered as one of the canonical bucolic poets of ancient Greece, this Hellenistic writer left behind a small but vivid body of verse. His surviving work is especially noted for its love themes and for the haunting poem traditionally known as the Lament for Adonis.
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Moschus
Remembered as one of the pastoral poets of ancient Greece, this Syracuse-born writer is best known for graceful bucolic verse and the mythological poem Europa. Only a small body of work survives, but it helped carry the pastoral tradition forward after Theocritus and alongside Bion.
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Theocritus
-300–-260
A founding voice of pastoral poetry, this ancient Greek writer shaped the literary image of shepherds, songs, and countryside life. His vivid, often playful poems influenced later poets for centuries.
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