Project Gutenberg 2017-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 87 Theocritus -300 -260 Θεόκριτος Theókritos Theokritos Sjöström, Axel Gabriel 1794 1846 Sjostrom, Axel Gabriel Theocritos' Idyller Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idyll_I E-text prepared by Jari Koivisto and Tapio Riikonen "Theocritos' Idyller" by Theocritus is a collection of pastoral poems likely written in the 3rd century BC. This work explores the lives and loves of shepherds and farmers, primarily set in rural idylls of ancient Greece. Through its enchanting verses and themes of love, nature, and rustic life, it captures the essence of the Hellenistic pastoral tradition. The opening of the collection introduces the character Thyrsis, who engages in a lyrical dialogue with a goat-herder. They trade praises regarding their respective musical talents while discussing a mutual acquaintance, Daphnis. Thyrsis proposes a singing competition, reflecting the camaraderie and competitive spirit amongst these pastoral figures. As the conversation unfolds, the themes of love and longing are woven into the dialogue, setting the tone for the intimate and poetic explorations that will follow throughout the Idylles. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. sv Pastoral poetry, Greek -- Translations into Swedish PA Text Category: Poetry Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore Category: Classics of Literature 253693 2025-07-21T12:00:52.880965 text/html 253528 253443 2024-09-22T10:52:58.049929 2023-09-23T09:10:42.598206 text/html text/html 150683 2025-07-21T12:00:58.868922 application/epub+zip 152880 2025-07-21T12:00:54.571935 application/epub+zip 152881 2025-07-21T12:00:53.500990 application/epub+zip 293264 2025-07-21T12:01:01.554909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 268763 2025-07-21T12:00:58.203950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 244376 2022-09-24T14:26:30.172826 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 202304 2025-07-21T12:00:52.550916 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 182519 2024-10-23T01:36:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18126 2025-07-21T12:01:01.693929 application/rdf+xml 12408 2025-07-21T12:00:53.989947 image/jpeg 3409 2025-07-21T12:00:53.743969 image/jpeg 147010 2025-07-21T12:00:52.898968 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia sv.wikipedia