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IdyllsΕἰδύλλια

By Theocritus. Εἰδύλλια · title translated from the Greek

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Kind of writing: Lyric poetry
Dialect: Doric
Written: 4th–3rd c. BC
Length: 23,325 words analysed
Vocabulary: 56% common words
In the library: 1 Greek text, 0 English translations

The texts

Each is the collection's own file, read unchanged from the Perseus Digital Library or Open Greek and Latin. The description is theirs too.

Greek textTheocritus. The Idylls of Theocritus. Cholmeley, Roger James, editor. London: George Bell and Sons, Ltd.,1901-1919.