❰Download❯ ➽ Theocritus: A Selection: Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics) Author Theocritus – Thomashillier.co.uk 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 This volume contains the Selection: Idylls PDF/EPUB ä 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 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 subseuent pastoral poetry Theocritus: A MOBI :↠ and how his poems through their influence on Virgil established the Western pastoral tradition.
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- 324 pages
- Theocritus: A Selection: Idylls 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11 and 13 (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
- Theocritus
- English
- 08 June 2014 Theocritus
- 9780521574204
I started translating these poems in February and as almost always happens during the process of translation I came across strange riches that even the most celebrated published translations must gloss or twist The paradox of Theocritus rests on his combining ordinary subject matter with epic language meter and the occasional stunning phrase This is a clever sensitive and unfortunately under read poet The Greek is not always easygoing and Hunter's commentary sheds light not only on difficult passages but also upon the larger literary framework in which we might situate Theocritus' accomplishment