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Idilli e Epigrammi

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Nato a Siracusa sul finire del IV secolo a.C., Teocrito fu uno dei capiscuola del nuovo modo di fare poesia nell'età alessandrina. La sua vasta produzione affronta vari generi letterari: dall’epillio all’encomio, dall’epigramma al mimo. Ma è soprattutto nei carmi pastorali che l’arte di Teocrito rivela le sue caratteristiche più originali e feconde, dettando le regole di un genere che avrà illustri continuatori – un nome per tutti: Virgilio – e una vita lunghissima. Poesie raffinatissime e sorridenti che, fuori da precise coordinate di spazio e di tempo, cantano il nostalgico vagheggiamento di un’esistenza libera e serena, sottratta alle tensioni spesso aspre della vita sociale.

496 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1892

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Theocritus

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Theocritus (Greek: Θεόκριτος; born c. 300 BC, died after 260 BC) was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry.

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Ci sono dei passaggi estremamente poetici, ma nel complesso non sono proprio entusiasta, comunque sono contenta di aver conosciuto anche questo autore.
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June 2, 2012
The version of The Idylls by Theocritus I read was a translation by Daryl Hine, though I cannot speak to the accuracy of the translation from the ancient Greek. Hine is somewhat chippy about other translators however.
This work is much more bawdy and erotic than I expected. Very homoerotic 'pastoral' poems that make me look at Richard Rodriguez's use "the pastoral" in a different light. I'm also reminded of Ginsburg on occasion and even hip hop, because often there is a contest of sorts between two shepherd/poets. The language is not ornamental, but rather plain like the work of Hesiod. I don't see much of the bucolic trope of later pastoral poets like Virgil or Milton. Nevertheless there is a strong undercurrent of desire in these poems.
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