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Texts are in A.S.F. Gow (ed. and trans.), Theocritus, 2nd ed., 2 vol. (1952); and Theocritus: A Selection, ed. by Richard Hunter (1999). Analytical works include Steven F. Walker, Theocritus (1980); David M. Halperin, Before Pastoral: Theocritus and the Ancient Tradition of Bucolic Poetry (1983); Kathryn J. Gutzwiller, Theocritus’ Pastoral Analogies: The Formation of a Genre (1991); Joan B. Burton, Theocritus’s Urban Mimes: Mobility, Gender, and Patronage (1995); and Richard Hunter, Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry (1996).
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 11, 2024 | ||
| Invalidated site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Theocritus. | Feb 05, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: In2Greece - Biography of Theocritus. | Dec 16, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Theocritus. | Mar 23, 2009 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Feb 28, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Feb 28, 2008 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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