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The Idylls - Penguin Classics
Author: Theocritus
Theocritus (308-240 BC) was the most important of the Greek bucolic poets and the one who established for the pastoral its formal characteristics, setting and tone which it was to retain for centuries. His most distinctive poems or "idylls" evoke the life and rustic arts of the shepherds of his native Sicily, maintaining a balance between ideali...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780140448870
ISBN-10: 014044887X
Publication Date: 10/25/2001
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Book Type: Paperback
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