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An idyll (/ ˈ aɪ d ɪ l /, UK also / ˈ ɪ d ɪ l /; from Greek εἰδύλλιον (eidullion) 'short poem'; occasionally spelled idyl in American English) [1] [2] [3] is a short poem, descriptive of rustic life, written in the style of Theocritus's short pastoral poems, the Idylls (Εἰδύλλια). Unlike Homer, Theocritus did not engage ...
Idyll XXI, also called Ἁλιεῖς ('The Fisherman'), is a poem traditionally attributed to the 3rd century BC Greek poet Theocritus. [1] After some verses addressed to Diophantus, a friend about whom nothing is known, the poet describes the toilsome life of two old fishermen. [2]
This idyll is one of Theocritus' best-well-known bucolics, along with Idylls I, VI, and VII. Idyll XI has an unusual set of narrative framing, as Theocritus appears in propria persona, and directly offers his friend Nicias consolatio amoris. [2] Nicias worked as a doctor, and it is likely the two knew each other in their youth. [3]
Andrew Lang thinks this is rather a lyric than an idyll, being an expression of that singular passion which existed between men in historical Greece. [2] The Greeks sometimes exalted friendship to a passion, and such a friendship may have inspired this poem. [1]
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Idyll II, also called Φαρμακεύτριαι ('The Sorceresses'), is a poem by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus, usually categorised with Idylls XIV and XV as one of his 'urban mimes'. [1]
Greek Wikisource has original text related to this article: Συρακούσιαι ή Αδωνιάζουσαι; Media related to Idyll XV at Wikimedia Commons "Theocritus, Idylls, Συρακούσιαι ἢ Αδωνιάζουσαι". Perseus Digital Library
Chalcedony scaraboid seal stone: 4th cent. BC. Fox and vine. A shepherd and a goatherd meet in the pastures one noontide and compliment each other upon their piping. [1] The shepherd, Thyrsis by name, is persuaded by the other—for a cup which he describes but does not at first show—to sing him The Affliction of Daphnis, a ballad which tells how the legendary cowherd, friend not only of ...