Theocritus

[ thee-ok-ri-tuh s ]

/ θiˈɒk rɪ təs /

flourished c270 b.c., Greek poet.

OTHER WORDS FROM Theocritus

The·oc·ri·te·an

[thee-ok-ri-tee-uh n] /θiˌɒk rɪˈti ən/, The·oc·ri·tan, adjective

"Let me get something for myself," he says, like the churl in Theocritus.

Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. |Various
It is the literal translation of a poem by Theocritus, a light in the ancient literature of the Greeks.

Skookum Chuck Fables |Skookum Chuck (pseud for R.D. Cumming)
Among the best known of the men of letters who came to Alexandria to enjoy the patronage of Philadelphus was Theocritus.

History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 10 (of 12) |S. Rappoport
And just as truly there is a sort of Theocritus poetry about sheep.

The River and I |John G. Neihardt

This epigram may have been added by the first editor of Theocritus, Artemidorus the Grammarian.

Theocritus, Bion and Moschus |Theocritus

Theocritus

/ (θɪˈɒkrɪtəs) /

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

Theocritan or Theocritean (θɪˌɒkrɪˈtiːən), adjective, noun