Theocritus

The·oc·ri·tus  (th-kr-ts) Third century b.c.

Greek poet who composed the earliest known pastoral poems.

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Theocritus [θɪˈɒkrɪtəs]

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(Biographies / Theocritus (?310 bc-?250 bc) M, Greek, WRITING: poet) ?310-?250 bc, Greek poet, born in Syracuse. He wrote the first pastoral poems in Greek literature and was closely imitated by Virgil

Theocritan , Theocritean [θɪˌɒkrɪˈtiːən] adj & n