Theocritus: A Selection : Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13 Paperback / softback
by Theocritus
Edited by Richard L. (University of Cambridge) Hunter
Part of the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series
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This is the first full-scale commentary on poems by Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry; the poems included in this volume (Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13) are principally the bucolic poems which, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition.
The focus of the commentary is literary - both on how Theocritus exploited the classical heritage for a new type of poetry, and on what that poetry meant in the third century BC.
The commentary, together with the introductory essays to each poem, makes a major contribution to the understanding of this extraordinary poetic form.
The Introduction explores the meaning of 'bucolic', the presentation of a stylised countryside, the importance of eros in the bucolic world, and Theocritus' verbal and metrical style.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/02/1999
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- ISBN:9780521574204
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:324 pages, 1 Maps
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:04/02/1999
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- ISBN:9780521574204
