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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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1.

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.

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.

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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XVIII. EPITAPH on CLITA,

the Nurse of MEDEUS.

This Tomb-Stone in the public Way
Medeus rear'd o'er Clita's Clay!
Her Care still lives before our Eyes,
Whilst, in the Boy, the Nurse we prize!