Theocritus

The Greek bucolic poets by Theocritus ( Book )
625 editions published between 1480 and 2010 in 11 languages and held by 1,671 libraries worldwide
The Greek poet Theocritus of Syracuse (first half of the third century BC) was the inventor of "bucolic" poetry. These vignettes of country life, centred on competitions in song and love, are the foundational poems of the western pastoral tradition. They were the principal model for Virgil in the "Eclogues," and their influence can be seen in the work of Petrarch and Milton ... The great variety of his poems illustrates the rich and flourishing poetic culture of what was a golden age for Greek poetry.-Back cover.

The Greek bucolic poets by Theocritus ( Book )
22 editions published between 1912 and 1996 in English and Greek, Ancient and held by 966 libraries worldwide

Theocritus by Theocritus ( Book )
61 editions published between 1516 and 2008 in 7 languages and held by 632 libraries worldwide

Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus by Theocritus ( Book )
5 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 579 libraries worldwide
Under Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who ruled Egypt in the middle of the third century B.C.E., Alexandria became the brilliant multicultural capital of the Greek world. Theocritus's poem in praise of Philadelphus--at once a Greek king and an Egyptian pharaoh--is the only extended poetic tribute to this extraordinary ruler that survives.

The poems of Theocritus by Theocritus ( Book )
11 editions published in 1978 in English and Undetermined and held by 516 libraries worldwide

Bucolici Graeci by Theocritus ( Book )
36 editions published between 1780 and 1978 in 6 languages and held by 397 libraries worldwide

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus by Theocritus ( Book )
31 editions published between 1880 and 1941 in English and Undetermined and held by 339 libraries worldwide

Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus ( Book )
10 editions published between 1880 and 1924 in English and held by 306 libraries worldwide

Greek pastoral poetry; Theocritus, Bion, Moschus, the pattern poems ( Book )
3 editions published in 1974 in English and held by 298 libraries worldwide

Select poems by Theocritus ( Book )
17 editions published between 1971 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 285 libraries worldwide