Theocritus

[ thee-ok-ri-tuhs ]

noun

1. flourished c270 b.c., Greek poet.

Theocritus

/ θɪˈɒkrɪtəs; θɪˌɒkrɪˈtiːən /

noun

1. Theocritus?310 bc?250 bcMGreekWRITING: poet ?310–?250 bc , Greek poet, born in Syracuse. He wrote the first pastoral poems in Greek literature and was closely imitated by Virgil

Derived Forms

• Theˈocritan, adjectivenoun

Other Words From

• The·oc·ri·te·an [thee-ok-ri-, tee, -, uh, n], The·ocri·tan adjective

Example Sentences

Then began for these four people one of those existences of which every man has dreamed in reading Virgil or Theocritus.

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Spenser has followed both Virgil and Theocritus in the charms which he employs for curing Britomartis of her love.

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He blushed at it like a maiden lady, in spite of its having a parallel in a beautiful idyll of Theocritus.

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It seems to be the name of a genus of flowering plants, and also the name of a country girl in Theocritus and Virgil.

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Menander Euripides Theocritus Thucydides was playing close by the pasture-bars.

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