The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus ::

The Idyllia, Epigrams, and Fragments, of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus

with the Elegies of Tyrtaeus, Translated from the Greek into English Verse. To which are Added, Dissertations and Notes. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele

Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

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THE IDYLLIA and EPIGRAMS OF THEOCRITUS.

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IDYLLIUM the FIRST. THYRSIS,

II.

IDYLLIUM the SECOND. PHARMACEUTRIA.

III.

IDYLLIUM the THIRD. AMARYLLIS.

IV.

IDYLLIUM the FOURTH. The SWAINS.

IDYLLIUM the FIFTH. The TRAVELLERS.

VI.

IDYLLIUM the SIXTH. The HERDSMEN.

VII.

IDYLLIUM the SEVENTH. The HARVEST-FEAST,

VIII.

IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. The BUCOLIC SINGERS.

IX.

IDYLLIUM the NINTH. The SHEPHERD.

IDYLLIUM the TENTH. The REAPERS.

XI.

IDYLLIUM the ELEVENTH. The CYCLOPS.

XII.

IDYLLIUM the TWELFTH. To a FRIEND.

XIII.

IDYLLIUM the THIRTEENTH. HYLAS.

XIV.

IDYLLIUM the FOURTEENTH. CYNISCA's LOVE.

XVI.

IDYLLIUM the SIXTEENTH. The GRACES,

XVII.

IDYLLIUM the SEVENTEENTH. PTOLEMY.

XVIII.

IDYLLIUM the EIGHTEENTH. The EPITHALAMIUM of HELEN.

XIX.

IDYLLIUM the NINETEENTH. The HONEY-STEALER.

XX.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTIETH. EUNICA,

XXI.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FIRST. The FISHERMEN.

XXII.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-SECOND. CASTOR and POLLUX.

XXIII.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-THIRD. The DESPAIRING LOVER.

XXIV.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FOURTH. The YOUNG HERCULES.

XXV.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-FIFTH. HERCULES the LION-SLAYER.

XXVI.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-SIXTH. BACCHÆ.

XXIX.

IDYLLIUM the TWENTY-NINTH. The CAPRICIOUS FRIEND.

XXX.

IDYLLIUM the THIRTIETH. The DEATH of ADONIS.

EPIGRAMS.

THE IDYLLIA and FRAGMENTS OF BION.

THE IDYLLIA OF MOSCHUS.

THE ELEGIES OF TYRTÆUS.

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VI. THYRSIS hath lost his Kid.

Ah, Thyrsis! what avails this wasting Woe?
Thy lost Kid wanders thro' the Shades below!
The Wolf hath torn him, on the Pasture-Plain;
He died—And can thy Tears bring Life again?
Thy very Dogs exclaim: ‘What boots thy Moan?
‘When nought of him remains—no—not a Bone!’

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VI. THYRSIS hath lost his Kid.