“Sameron adion asoI shall sing a sweeter song tomorrow””
Quotes by Theocritus
“Let the high Muse chant loves Olympian:We are but mortals, and must sing of men.””
Idylls
“While there's life there's hope, and only the dead have none.””
Idylls
“Cats love to sleep softly.””
“Pachnie nam żyznym latem, pachnie urodzajem.Więc gruszek pod stopami, a jabłek pod dłoniąWala się pod dostatkiem; opodal się kłonią Ku ziemi śliwy, owoc ciężarnej gałęzi.I wino z czteroletniej dobyto uwięzi.””
Sielanki
“Pope’s couplet again may possibly best convey the pomposity of some Idylls and the point of others. And there may be divers considerations of this kind. But, speaking generally, where the translator has not to intimate stanzas”
Complete Works of Theocritus
“Several recent writers on the subject have laid down that every translation of Greek poetry, especially bucolic poetry, must be in rhyme of some sort. But they have seldom stated, and it is hard to see, why. There is no rhyme in the original, and primâ facie should be none in the translation.””
Complete Works of Theocritus
TheocritusTheocritus was a Greek poet from the island of Sicily, often hailed as the father of pastoral poetry. Living during the Hellenistic period, he is best known for his collection of poems known as the 'I...