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    collection of those works considered to have been composed by Theocritus himself. Theocritus was from Sicily, as he refers to Polyphemus, the Cyclops in...
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    Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright. After writing in different forms throughout...
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    2020. Bion, Moschus & Theocritus 1870, p. 176. Theocritus 1889, p. 317. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTheocritus1889 (help) Theocritus 2004, Idyll VI. Propertius...
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  • Theocritus vase]". The British Museum. Retrieved 30 June 2023. "The Theocritus Cup". National Museums Liverpool. Retrieved 30 June 2023. "Theocritus,...
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  • Odyssey, Ovid's Metamorphoses, and Theocritus' Idyll XI. The poem is addressed to Aratus, a friend of Theocritus, who is also referenced in Idyll VII...
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  • Theocritus (Greek: Θεόκριτος; died 518) was a candidate to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire in 518. He lost to Justin I. Theocritus is an obscure...
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  • Scholia on Theocritus, Idyll 2. 12 referring to Sophron Hesychius s. v. Ἄγγελος, again referring to Sophron Cf. e. g. scholia on Theocritus, Idyll 2. 33:...
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    on Hylas as his arms-bearer and taught him to be a warrior. The poet Theocritus (about 300 BC) wrote about the love between Heracles and Hylas: "We are...
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  • (trans. Sandys) (Greek lyric poetry C5th BC) Pindar, Olympian Ode 10. 33ff Theocritus, Idylls 25. 1 ff (trans. Banks) (Greek bucolic poetry C3rd BC) Apollonius...
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    from Theocritus' poems, called idylls ("little scenes" or "vignettes"), even though erotic turbulence disturbs the "idyllic" landscapes of Theocritus. Virgil's...
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