{"title":"Theocritus","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheocritus is celebrated for his contributions to \u003cem\u003eancient pastoral poetry\u003c\/em\u003e, weaving vivid scenes of rustic life and nature’s quiet charm. Readers can immerse themselves in evocative verses that capture the intimacy of countryside conversations, love, and the rhythm of rural existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection offers a glimpse into the rich tradition of Greek poetry through Theocritus’s eyes, alongside works by related poets such as Moschus and Bion. It is an essential exploration for those interested in the intersection of \u003cstrong\u003eclassical literature\u003c\/strong\u003e and the arts, reflecting timeless themes with lyrical grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"theocritus-moschus-bion-by-bion-9780674996441","title":"Theocritus. Moschus. Bion","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTheocritus (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 refashioning traditional literary forms in original ways through tightly organised and highly polished work on a small scale (thus the traditional generic title \u003ci\u003eIdylls\u003c\/i\u003e: \"little forms\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough Theocritus composed in a variety of genres or generic combinations, including encomium, epigram, hymn, mime, and epyllion, he is best known for the poems set in the countryside. These poems, mostly dialogues or song-contests, combine lyric tone with epic metre and the Doric dialect of his native Sicily to create an idealised and evocatively described pastoral landscape. The lovelorn inhabitants, presided over by the Nymphs, Pan, and Priapus, use song as a natural mode of expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe bucolic\/pastoral genre was developed by the second and third members of the Greek bucolic canon, Moschus (fl. mid second century BCE, also from Syracuse) and Bion (fl. some fifty years later, from Phlossa near Smyrna), and remained vital through Greco-Roman antiquity and into the modern era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of \u003ci\u003eTheocritus. Moschus. Bion\u003c\/i\u003e, together with the so-called \"pattern poems\" included in the bucolic tradition, replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library edition by J. M. Edmonds (1912). It uses the critical texts of Gow (1952) and Gallavotti (1993) as a base and provides a fresh translation with ample annotation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603256557804,"sku":"9780674996441","price":59.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780674996441-theocritus-moschus-bion.jpg?v=1778058923"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/theocritus.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}