Theocritus
Sign in to saveTheocritus (; , Theokritos; ; born 300 BC, died after 260 BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry.
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Theocritus was a Greek poet from Sicily who lived around 300 BC and is famous for inventing pastoral poetry, a genre that focuses on idealized depictions of rural life and shepherds. His innovative style became influential in ancient literature and established a poetic tradition that would be imitated for centuries to come.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 310 B.C.
- Died
- 260 B.C.
- Works
- 164
Top works
- Idylles de Théocrite traduites en français
- Theokritou, Moschou, kai Biónos Eidyllia panta
- Theokrit als genredichter in seinem "Herakliskos"
- Theocriti, Simmiae, Moschi, & Bionis Eidyllia & epigrammata quae supersunt
- Les Syracusaines, un acte
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- 6
- Total plays
- 41
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Little is known of him beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems (Idylls) commonly attributed to him have little claim to authenticity. It is clear that at a very early date two collections were made, one of which included a number of doubtful poems and formed a corpus of bucolic poetry, while the other was confined to those works which were considered to be by Theocritus himself. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Th
Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Theocritus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Theocritus (; , Theokritos; ; born 300 BC, died after 260 BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry.
==Life== Little is known of Theocritus beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems (Idylls; ) commonly attributed to him have little claim to authenticity. It is clear that at a very early date two collections were made: one consisting of poems whose authorship was doubtful yet formed a corpus of bucolic poetry, the other a strict collection of those works considered to have been composed by Theocritus himself.
