The Idylls

Author(s)

• Theocritus
• Wells, Robert

Bibliographic Information

The Idylls

Theocritus ; translated with an introduction and notes by Robert Wells

（Penguin classics）

Penguin, 1989

Other Title

Idylls

Uniform Title

Idylls

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Theocritus (308-204 BC) was a Greek Bucolic poet who established the formal characteristics, setting and tone of the pastoral. "The Idylls" evokes the life and arts of the shepherds of his native Sicily, maintaining a balance between idealization and local realism.

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Details

• NCID: BA19387158
• ISBN:
  • 0140445234
• LCCN: 89199870
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London, England ; New York, N.Y., USA
• Pages/Volumes: 160 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PA4443.E5
  • DC20 : 884/.01
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Pastoral poetry, Greek -- Translations into English
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646