Publisher's Synopsis
""Theocriti Idyllia V1-2"" est liber qui continet duo volumina carminum Theocriti, poetae Graeci qui vixit in saeculo tertio ante Christum. In hoc libro, legentibus praebentur Idyllia, carmina pastoralia quae describunt vitam rusticanam in Sicilia, ubi poeta natus est. Praecipuae personae in carminibus sunt pastores, qui canunt de amoribus, certaminibus poetarum, et vita agresti. Theocritus est consideratus pater poesis bucolicae, et haec opera sunt exemplaria eius stili elegantis et simplicis. Editio huius libri, quae anno 1868 publicata est, continet notulas criticas et scholia, quae adiuvant intellegendum textum.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
