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Theocritus

3rd-century BCE Greek poet, born at Syracuse. From Wikidata; Wikipedia.

Lived
4th–3rd c. BC
Kinds of writing
Lyric poetry (2)
Dialect
Doric
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3 works, 0 with an English translation; 25,380 words analysed

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μῆνιν ἄειδε θεὰ Πηληϊάδεω Ἀχιλῆος
οὐλομένην, ἣ μυρίʼ Ἀχαιοῖς ἄλγεʼ ἔθηκε

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20 px
Line spacing
1.8

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