A Translation of the Idylls of Theocritus

by Cambridge University Press

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107432192
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	09/25/2014
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Idylls: 1. Thyrsis; 2. The sorceress; 3. The serenade; 4. The herdsmen; 5. Komatos and Lakon; 6. Daphnis and Damoetas; 7. The harvest-home; 8. Daphnis and Menalkas; 9. Daphnis and Menalkas; 10. The reapers; 11. The cyclops; 12. The beloved youth; 13. Hylas; 14. The love of Kyniska; 15. The Syracusan women at the Adonis festival; 16. The graces, or Hiero; 17. An encomium of Ptolemy; 18. An epithalamium for Helen; 19. The honey-stealer; 20. The young cowman; 21. The fishermen; 22. A hymn to the Dioskuri; [no chapter 23]; 24. The infant Heracles; 25. Herakles the lion-slayer; 27. The lovers' talk; 28. The distaff; 29 and 30. Two Aeolic love-poems; The epigrams.