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This book, originally published in 1913, contains an English verse translation of several poems by the ancient Greek poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus.
List of contents
Introduction; Theocritus: 1. The dirge for Daphnis; 2. The incantation; 3. The serenade; 4. The two herdsmen; 5. The singing-match; 6. Cyclops and Galatea; 7. The harvest-home; 8. A contest in song; 9. Winter and summer; 10. Love-song and reaping-song; 11. The love-lorn Cyclops; 12. Love's welcome; 13. Hylas; 14. Forsaken; 15. The feast of Adonis; 16. The Graces; 17. Panegyric of Ptolemy; 18. Epithalamium of Helen; 19. Eros and the bee; 20. Eunice; 21. The golden fish; 22. The twin brethren; 23. Love's retribution; 24. The babe Hercules; 25. The lion-slayer; Megara; 26. The bacchanals; 27. A country wooing; 28. The distaff; 29. Love's pleading; 30. Love's misgivings; 31. The culprit boar; Fragment; Inscriptions; Bion: 1. The dirge for Adonis; 2. Achilles in Scyros; 3. The rival seasons; 4. The fowler and Eros; 5. Eros the music-pupil; 6. Eros and the Muses; 7. All is vanity; Fragments; Moschus: 1. Eros the runaway; 2. Europa and the bull; 3. Lament for Bion; 4. Sea and land; 5. Love's cross-purposes; 6. The river-god's love; 7. Eros at the plough; 8. Heart's ease in song.
Summary
Arthur Way (1847–1930) was a respected Classicist, and translated many ancient texts into English. This book, originally published in 1913, contains an English verse translation of several poems by the ancient Greek poets Theocritus, Bion and Moschus.
