The Idylls

The Idylls - Penguin Classics

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Publisher's Synopsis

Theocritus (308-204 BC) was a Greek Bucolic poet who established the formal characteristics, setting and tone of the pastoral. "The Idylls" evokes the life and arts of the shepherds of his native Sicily, maintaining a balance between idealization and local realism.

Book information

ISBN: 9780140445237
Publisher: Penguin Group (UK)
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Pub date:
DEWEY: 881.01
DEWEY edition: 19
Number of pages: 160
Weight: 121g
Height: 198mm
Width: 128mm
Spine width: 8mm