Theocritus, Bion and Moschus, Rendered into English Prose

by Theocritus; of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion; Moschus

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

[176] This conjecture of Meineke’s offers, at least, a meaning.

[181] Les hommes sont tous condamnés à mort, avec des sursis indéfinis.—Victor Hugo.

[205] Alcmena bore Iphicles to Amphictyon, Hercules to Zeus.

[208] Reading, with Weise, ποτάγει δε πολυ πλεον αμμε γαλάνα.

[210] For the translations into verse I have to thank Mr. Ernest Myers.