Theocritus: A Selection

Theocritus: A Selection

Author: Theocritus

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-02-04

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521574204

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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.


Select poems

Select poems

Author: Theocritus

Publisher: Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780865162044

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This selection of the poems of Theocritus illustrates his creative genius and rare powers of observation. Dover's introduction and notes offer insights into both the writing and the life and times of the poet.


Brill's Companion to Theocritus

Brill's Companion to Theocritus

Author:

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-08-16

Total Pages: 852

ISBN-13: 9004466711

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Brill's Companion to Theocritus offers an up-to-date guide to a thorough understanding of Theocritus’ literary output. Exploring his corpus from a variety of novel perspectives, it presents a detailed account of the intricacy of Theocritus’ poetic art.


Sixteen Select Idyls of Theocritus, With Engl. Notes by D.B. Hickie

Sixteen Select Idyls of Theocritus, With Engl. Notes by D.B. Hickie

Author: Theocritus

Publisher: Sagwan Press

Published: 2018-02-03

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9781376582567

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Theocritus: A Selection

Theocritus: A Selection

Author: Theocritus

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-02-04

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780521574204

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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 and the Invention of Fiction

Theocritus and the Invention of Fiction

Author: Mark Payne

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2007-04-12

Total Pages: 25

ISBN-13: 1139464302

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The bucolic Idylls of Theocritus are the first literature to invent a fully fictional world that is not an image of reality but an alternative to it. It is thereby distinguished from the other Idylls and from Hellenistic poetry as a whole. This book examines these poems in the light of ancient and modern conceptions of fictionality. It explores how access to this fictional world is mediated by form and how this world appears as an object of desire for the characters within it. The argument culminates in a fresh reading of Idyll 7, where Professor Payne discusses the encounter between author and fictional creation in the poem and its importance for the later pastoral tradition. Close readings of Theocritus, Callimachus, Hermesianax and the Lament for Bion are supplemented with parallels from modern contemporary fiction and an extended discussion of the heteronymic poetry of Fernando Pessoa.