The Idylls by Theocritus

The Idylls

Theocritus with Robert Wells (Translator)

160 pages first pub -270 (editions) user-added

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European literature would be unimaginable without Theocritus.Yet, paradoxically, his genius has been obscured by the great pastoral tradition that stems from him and by the lack of a good modern verse translation. Robert Wells's Idylls is thus a m...

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