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• Theocritus - Theocritus Theocritus , fl. c.270 B.C., Hellenistic Greek poet, b. Syracuse. The history of the ...
• Bion - Bion Bion , fl. 2d cent.? B.C., Greek bucolic poet, an imitator of Theocritus, b. Phlossa, near ...
• Moschus - Moschus Moschus , fl. c.150 B.C., Greek bucolic poet of the school of Theocritus. He is called a ...
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• idyl - idyl idyl , short poem. The ancient idyls, especially those of Bion and Moschus, were intended as ...

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