Description
* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Theocritus’ life and works
* Features the complete extant works of Theocritus, in both English translation and the original Greek
* Concise introduction to the poetry
* Provides three different translations, including both verse and prose translations
* Includes the J. M. Edmonds translation previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library edition of Theocritus
* Excellent formatting of the texts
* Easily locate the poems or works you want to read with individual contents tables
* Includes Theocritus’ rare fragments, first time in digital print
* Provides a special dual English and Greek text, allowing readers to compare the sections paragraph by paragraph – ideal for students
* Features three bonus biographies – discover Theocritus’ ancient world
* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
CONTENTS:
The Translations
THE IDYLLS OF THEOCRITUS
C. S. CALVERLEY VERSE TRANSLATION, 1869
ANDREW LANG PROSE TRANSLATION, 1889
J. M. EDMONDS, LOEB TRANSLATION, 1912
The Greek Text
CONTENTS OF THE GREEK TEXT
The Dual Text
DUAL GREEK AND ENGLISH TEXT
The Biographies
THE LIFE OF THEOCRITUS by J. M. Edmonds
THEOCRITUS AND HIS AGE by Andrew Lang
THEOCRITUS by Albert Curtis Clark
