Theocritus, Idylls (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry] [word count] [lemma count] [Theoc. Id.]. | ||
<<Theoc. Id. 4.1 | Theoc. Id. 4.45 (Greek) | >>Theoc. Id. 5.1 |
4.20 Aye, and the red-poll bull, he’s lean as can be. (bitterly again) I only would to god, when there’s a sacrifice to Hera in their ward, the sons of Lampriadas might get such another note as he: they are a foul mixen sort, they o’ that ward.
O Croton is a bonny town as Zacynth by the sea,
And a bonny sight on her eastward height is the fane of Laciny,
Where boxer Milon one fine morn made fourscore loaves his meal,
And down the hill another day, while lasses holla’d by the way,
To Amaryllis, laughing gay led the bull by the heel.
CORYDON
BATTUS (sympathising as with another of Milon’s victims)
CORYDON
O Croton is a bonny town as Zacynth by the sea,
And a bonny sight on her eastward height is the fane of Laciny,
Where boxer Milon one fine morn made fourscore loaves his meal,
And down the hill another day, while lasses holla’d by the way,
To Amaryllis, laughing gay led the bull by the heel.
BATTUS (not proof against the tactless reference; apostrophising)
CORYDON
BATTUS
CORYDON
BATTUS
CORYDON
BATTUS (in mock-heroic strain)
CORYDON (pointing the moral)
BATTUS
CORYDON
BATTUS (apostrophising)
Theocritus, Idylls (English) (XML Header) [genre: poetry] [word count] [lemma count] [Theoc. Id.]. | ||
<<Theoc. Id. 4.1 | Theoc. Id. 4.45 (Greek) | >>Theoc. Id. 5.1 |
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