Theocritus - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
CRITICISM
Bowie, E. L. “Theocritus's Seventh Idyll, Philetas and Longus.” The Classical Quarterly XXXV, No. 1 (1985): 67-91.
Contends that the identity of the perceived narrator changes during the course of the poem and explores possible allusions Theocritus strove for in naming the goatherd Lycidas.
Burton, Joan B. “The Function of the Symposium Theme in Theocritus's Idyll 14.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 33, No. 3 (Fall 1992): 227-45.
Provides an overview of Greek symposia and explains how Theocritus used the symposium theme to address contemporary social problems.
Cholmeley, R. J. An introduction to The Idylls of Theocritus, pp. 1-60. London: George Bell & Sons, 1906.
Offers biographical material; analyses of Theocritus's verse, style, and dialect; and a section devoted to the authenticity of certain poems attributed to him.
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