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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)
  
[dedication]

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THE IDYLLIA and EPIGRAMS OF THEOCRITUS.
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 I. 
IDYLLIUM the FIRST. THYRSIS,
 II. 
IDYLLIUM the SECOND. PHARMACEUTRIA.
 III. 
IDYLLIUM the THIRD. AMARYLLIS.
 IV. 
IDYLLIUM the FOURTH. The SWAINS.
 V. 
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.
 X. 
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.
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EPIGRAMS.
 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.
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THE IDYLLIA OF MOSCHUS.
 I. 
IDYLLIUM the FIRST. The STRAY CUPID.
 II. 
IDYLLIUM the SECOND. EUROPA.
 IV. 
IDYLLIUM the FOURTH. MEGARA, the Wife of HERCULES, and ALCMENA his Mother.
 V. 
IDYLLIUM the FIFTH. The CHOICE.
 VIII. 
IDYLLIUM the EIGHTH. ALPHEUS.
  
EPIGRAM.
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THE ELEGIES OF TYRTÆUS.
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ELEGY the SECOND.

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IDYLLIUM the THIRTIETH. The DEATH of ADONIS.

When, his rosy Color fled,
Venus saw her Lover dead,
Stiff his Hair, and clos'd his Eyes—
‘Cupids, go, (she frantic cries)
‘Trace the Boar, thro' all the Wood,
‘Stain'd with my Adonis' Blood!’
Swift as Birds, each fluttering Love
Hastens thro' the mazy Grove:
Soon the guilty Boar they find,
Fearless run, and seize, and bind.
This, to guide the Beast along,
Panting, pulls his Cord of Thong;
That, to make the Felon go,
Beats him with his little Bow.
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He, an easy Captive led,
Aw'd by Venus, hung his Head.
Venus thus, in angry Strain:
‘Fellest of the prowling Train!
‘Didst thou wound Adonis' Thigh?
‘Did'st thou cause my Love to die?’
He replied: ‘O Venus, hear!
‘By Thyself, and Lover dear;
‘By the Chains with which I'm bound;
‘By the Hunters standing round;
‘Never did my erring Tooth
‘Mean to pierce so fair a Youth!
‘But when he surpriz'd my Sight,
‘As a polish'd Statue bright;
‘And, my Rapture rising high,
‘I survey'd his naked Thigh;
‘Ah! not able to resist,
‘Furiously I ran and kist!
‘To a fatal Frenzy wrought—
‘Too much Passion was my Fault!
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‘Now, for thy Adonis' Sake,
‘Take my Tusks, all bloody, take!
‘Take my Lips beside, if these
‘Prove too trivial to appease!’
She, in Pity to his Pain,
Bade her Cupids loose his Chain.
But, tho' free, the grateful Boar
Ranging in the Woods no more,
Follow'd close Cythera's Queen;
And his cruel Tusks so keen
(That had glow'd with amorous Fire)
Burnt amid the blazing Pyre!
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