{"product_id":"a-translation-of-the-idylls-of-theocritus-paperback-9781107432192","title":"A Translation of the Idylls of Theocritus (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107432192","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Translation of the Idylls of Theocritus\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOriginally published in 1947, this book contains the English translation of twenty eight idylls and twenty three epigrams originally attributed to Theocritus.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. C. Trevelyan (Edited and translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107432192, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 September 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e112 pages\u003cbr\u003e19.8 x 12.9 x 0.6 cm, 0.12 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eOriginally published in 1947, this book contains the English translation of twenty eight idylls and twenty three epigrams originally attributed to Theocritus. Trevelyan begins each idyll with a short synopsis and a brief introduction concerning the history behind each poem and its influence in later Greek and Latin poetry. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in Theocritus or English Classical reception.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Idylls: 1. Thyrsis\u003cbr\u003e 2. The sorceress\u003cbr\u003e 3. The serenade\u003cbr\u003e 4. The herdsmen\u003cbr\u003e 5. Komatos and Lakon\u003cbr\u003e 6. Daphnis and Damoetas\u003cbr\u003e 7. The harvest-home\u003cbr\u003e 8. Daphnis and Menalkas\u003cbr\u003e 9. Daphnis and Menalkas\u003cbr\u003e 10. The reapers\u003cbr\u003e 11. The cyclops\u003cbr\u003e 12. The beloved youth\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hylas\u003cbr\u003e 14. The love of Kyniska\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Syracusan women at the Adonis festival\u003cbr\u003e 16. The graces, or Hiero\u003cbr\u003e 17. An encomium of Ptolemy\u003cbr\u003e 18. An epithalamium for Helen\u003cbr\u003e 19. The honey-stealer\u003cbr\u003e 20. The young cowman\u003cbr\u003e 21. The fishermen\u003cbr\u003e 22. A hymn to the Dioskuri\u003cbr\u003e [no chapter 23]\u003cbr\u003e 24. The infant Heracles\u003cbr\u003e 25. Herakles the lion-slayer\u003cbr\u003e 27. The lovers' talk\u003cbr\u003e 28. The distaff\u003cbr\u003e 29 and 30. Two Aeolic love-poems\u003cbr\u003e The epigrams.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Classical history \/ classical civilisation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Classical history \/ classical civilisation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Classical%20history%20\/%20classical%20civilisation%20%5BHBLA1%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA1\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265713754392,"sku":"9781107432192","price":20.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107432192i.jpg?v=1694486170","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/a-translation-of-the-idylls-of-theocritus-paperback-9781107432192","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}