Theocritus: A Selection: Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)

This volume contains the text of eight poems by the third-century BC Greek poet Theocritus, together with an introduction and extensive commentary. This is the first full-scale commentary on the work of Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and is the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry. It offers new readings of all the poems, which show both how Theocritus differs from subsequent pastoral poetry but also how his poems, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition. This volume contains the text of eight poems by the third-century BC Greek poet Theocritus, together with an introduction and extensive commentary. This is the first full-scale commentary on the work of Theocritus since Gow's edition of 1950, and is the first to exploit the recent revolution in the study of Hellenistic and Roman poetry. It offers new readings of all the poems, which show both how Theocritus differs from subsequent pastoral poetry, and how his poems, through their influence on Virgil, established the Western pastoral tradition. Theocritus ; Edited By Richard Hunter. Text: P. [31]-59. Commentary: P. 60-289. Indexes: 1. Subject: P. 301-306; 2. Greek Words: P. 306-307; 3. Passages Discussed: P. 307-308. Includes Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, And 13. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 290-300). Poems In Greek; Commentary In English.