Classical Antiquity
PAGE THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE xi THEOCRITUS— Idyl I 3 ,, II 11 ,, III 20 ,, IV 23 ,, V 27 ,, VI 35 ,, VII 38 ,, VIII 46 ,, IX 52 ,, X 55 ,, XI 59 ,, XII 64 ,, XIII 67 ,, XIV 71 ,, XV 76 ,, XVI 85 ,, XVII 91 ,, XVIII 97 ,, XIX 101 ,, XX 102 ,, XXI 105 ,, XXII 110 ,, XXIII 121 ,,...
Therewith she arose, and began to seek the dear maidens of her company, girls of like age with herself, born in the same year, beloved of her heart, the daughters of noble sires...
11. Chapter 11THIS is the memorial stone of Eusthenes, the sage; a physiognomist was he, and skilled to read the very spirit in the eyes. Nobly have his friends buried him—a stranger in a str...
8. Chapter 8THE thievish Love,—a cruel bee once stung him, as he was rifling honey from the hives, and pricked his finger-tips all; then he was in pain, and blew upon his hand, and leaped,...
9. Chapter 9‘Yea, the rose is beautiful, and Time he withers it; and fair is the violet in spring, and swiftly it waxes old; white is the lily, it fadeth when it falleth; and snow is white,...
6. Chapter 6I fell in love with thee, maiden, I, on the day when first thou camest, with my mother, and didst wish to pluck the hyacinths from the hill, and I was thy guide on the way. But...
7. Chapter 7_Gorgo_. Hush, hush, Praxinoë—the Argive woman’s daughter, the great singer, is beginning the _Adonis_; she that won the prize last year for dirge-singing. {82} I am sure she wi...
10. Chapter 10‘Now this labour did Eurystheus enjoin on me to fulfil the first of all, and bade me slay the dreadful monster. So I took my supple bow, and hollow quiver full of arrows, and se...
4. Chapter 4Ah, lovely Amaryllis, why no more, as of old, dust thou glance through this cavern after me, nor callest me, thy sweetheart, to thy side. Can it be that thou hatest me? Do I see...
5. Chapter 5‘Dear Lycidas,’ I answered him, ‘they all say that thou among herdsmen, yea, and reapers art far the chiefest flute-player. In sooth this greatly rejoices our hearts, and yet, t...
3. Chapter 3Enough has perhaps been said about the social and artistic taste of Alexandria to account for the remarkable differences in manner between the rustic idyls of Theocritus and the...
2. Chapter 2Even in courtly poems, and in the artificial hymns of which we are to speak in their place, the memory of the joyful country life comes over him. He praises Hiero, because Hiero...
1. Chapter 1PAGE THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE xi THEOCRITUS— Idyl I 3 ,, II 11 ,, III 20 ,, IV 23 ,, V 27 ,, VI 35 ,, VII 38 ,, VIII 46 ,, IX 52 ,, X 55 ,, XI 59 ,, XII 64 ,, XIII 67 ,, XIV 71 ,,...
13. Chapter 13ALPHEUS, when he leaves Pisa and makes his way through beneath the deep, travels on to Arethusa with his waters that the wild olives drank, bearing her bridal gifts, fair leaves...