Theocritus, Idylls (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry] [word count] [lemma count] [Theoc. Id.]. | ||
<<Theoc. Id. 26.1 | Theoc. Id. 27.5 (Greek) | >>Theoc. Id. 27.57 |
This poem in its complete form was a match between a shepherd and another whom he had challenged, the stake being the shepherd’s pipe. The missing part comprised the lines introducing the match, the whole of the rival’s piece, and the prelude to the shepherd’s piece. What is left is the main part of the shepherd’s piece, its epilogue, and the award of the umpire. The umpire returns the shepherd his pipe, and adds a compliment in the form of a request that now he will play him another of his tunes, as, not having lost his pipe in the match, he will still be able to do. In the dialogue supposed to be recited, or perhaps to be sung, by the shepherd, one speaker answers the other speaker line for line except in two places where the same speaker has two lines. These exceptions necessary in order to shift the rôle of answerer, have brought about a wrong arrangement of lines 9 and 19 in the manuscripts. The poem may have been ascribed to an imitator of Theocritus. Line 4 he has taken bodily from him.
(The Shepherd tells of the conversation between Daphnis and Acrotimè)
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS (kissing her cheek)
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
ACROTIME
DAPHNIS
Theocritus, Idylls (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry] [word count] [lemma count] [Theoc. Id.]. | ||
<<Theoc. Id. 26.1 | Theoc. Id. 27.5 (Greek) | >>Theoc. Id. 27.57 |
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