Theocritus: [Idylls]

Theocritus

ISBN 10: 083696814X ISBN 13: 9780836968149

Publisher: Books for Libraries Press, 1972

Synopsis

This is a new annotated translation of the Greek poems of Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC), the inventor of "bucolic" or "pastoral" poetry, the principal model for Virgil in the Eclogues, and hence a major figure in the literary traditions that antiquity bequeathed to Western literature.

About this title

About the Author

Anthony Verity was formerly Headmaster of Leeds Grammar School and Master of Dulwich College. In his retirement he acts as an educational consultant. Richard Hunter is Regius Professor of Greek, University of Cambridge

Language Notes

Text: English, Greek (translation)

Edition details

• Publisher: Books for Libraries Press
• Publication date: 1972
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 083696814X
• ISBN 13: 9780836968149
• Binding: Unknown Binding
• Number of pages: 184