biography
pronunciation:
[theeokritus]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.310–250 BC)
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| biography:
| Greek pastoral poet, probably born in Syracuse. He was brought up in Cos, and lived for a time at the court of Ptolemy Philadelphus in Alexandria. About 30 of his poems survive, though the authenticity of some have been disputed. His short poems dealing with pastoral subjects, and representing a single scene, came to be called ‘idylls’ (eidullia). Tennyson was deeply influenced by him, as were the pastoral poets of the Renaissance. |
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