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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EPIGRAMS.

I. OFFERINGS to the MUSES and APOLLO.

II.

II. An OFFERING to PAN.

III.

III. To DAPHNIS sleeping.

IV.

IV. A VOW to PRIAPUS.

V. The CONCERT.

VI.

VI. THYRSIS hath lost his Kid.

VII.

VII. On the STATUE of ÆSCULAPIUS.

VIII.

VIII. EPITAPH on ORTHON, who died drunk.

IX.

IX. On the FATE of CLEONICUS.

X. On a MONUMENT erected to the MUSES.

XI.

XI. EPITAPH on EUSTHENES the PHYSIOGNOMIST.

XII.

XII. On a TRIPOD dedicated to BACCHUS by DEMOTELES.

XIII.

XIII. On the IMAGE of the Heavenly VENUS.

XIV.

XIV. EPITAPH on EURYMEDON.

XV.

XV. On the Same.

XVI.

XVI. On ANACREON's STATUE.

XVII.

XVII. On EPICHARMUS.

XVIII.

XVIII. EPITAPH on CLITA,

XIX.

XIX. On ARCHILOCHUS.

XX.

XX. On the STATUE of PISANDER,

XXI.

XXI. EPITAPH on the Poet HIPPONAX.

XXII.

XXII. THEOCRITUS on his own WORKS.

THE IDYLLIA and FRAGMENTS OF BION.

THE IDYLLIA OF MOSCHUS.

THE ELEGIES OF TYRTÆUS.

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X. On a MONUMENT erected to the MUSES.

Here, Xenocles, to you, ye hallow'd Nine,
A sweet Musician, rais'd this marble Shrine!
And who, so skill'd, such Offerings could refuse?
Who, fam'd for Music, could forget the Muse?

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X. On a MONUMENT erected to the MUSES.