Image: Theocritus-Syracusanus-et-al-Lodewijk-Caspar-Valckenaer MG 0683 - detail - Greek text - Theocritus - Idyll 1

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Description: Caption for an engraving (shown below) showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds, Thyrsis and Aipolos (= Goatherd) illustrating Theocritus Idyll 1 Θύρσις ἢ ᾠδή, lines 12-14. Greek caption with the text spoken by Thyrsis in the dialogue: Λῇς, ποτὶ τᾶν νυμφᾶν; λῇς, Αιπολε, τᾶδε καθίξας, Ω, ὡς τὸ (?) κάταντες τοῦτο (?) Γεώλοφον, αἵ τε μυρῖκαι, Συρίσδεν; τὰς δ᾽ αἶγας ἐγὼν ἐν τῷδε νομευσῶ. The text differs slightly from Perseus.tufts.edu: Theocritus Theoc. 1, Θύρσις ἢ ᾠδή. Translation from Theoi.com Theocritus Idylls1: 'Fore the Nymphs I pray you, master Goatherd, come now and sit ye down here by this shelving bank and these brush tamarisks and play me a tune. I’ll keep your goats the while.
Title: Theocritus-Syracusanus-et-al-Lodewijk-Caspar-Valckenaer MG 0683 - detail - Greek text - Theocritus - Idyll 1
Credit: Peace Palace Library
Author: Barent de Bakker
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