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Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides. - Theocritus
" "Reflect, ere you spurn me, that youth at his sides
Wears wings; and once gone, all pursuit he derides.
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About Theocritus
Theocritus (fl. c. 270 BC) was a Greek poet of the 3rd century BC, probably a Syracusan who later lived in Kos and Alexandria. He invented the genre of pastoral poetry.
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Native Name:
Θεόκρῐτος
Alternative Names:
Theocrates
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