Theocritus

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Hellenistic poet ancient Greek poet pastoral poet

Theocritus was an ancient Greek poet from Syracuse, best known as the originator of pastoral poetry through his influential Idylls depicting rustic life and shepherds.

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Label	Occurrences
Theocritus canonical	7

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic poet ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ pastoral poet ⓘ
associatedWith	Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ surface form: Ptolemaic court
associatedWithPlace	Alexandria ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalContext	Greek Hellenistic period ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork	poetry ⓘ
floruit	3rd century BCE ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	bucolic poetry ⓘ epigram ⓘ mimes ⓘ pastoral poetry ⓘ
hasLegacy	founder of pastoral genre ⓘ model for Roman pastoral poets ⓘ
hasWork	Idyll I ⓘ Idyll II ⓘ Idyll VII ⓘ Idyll XI ⓘ Idyll XV ⓘ
influenced	Virgil ⓘ Eclogues ⓘ surface form: Virgil's Eclogues later pastoral tradition ⓘ
knownFor	depictions of rustic life and shepherds ⓘ originating pastoral poetry in Western literature ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
literaryForm	dialogue ⓘ hexameter poetry ⓘ
movement	Hellenistic poetry ⓘ surface form: Hellenistic literature
name	Theocritus self-link ⓘ
notableWork	Idyll I ⓘ surface form: Idylls
occupation	poet ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Syracuse ⓘ
regionOfBirth	Sicily ⓘ
styleCharacteristic	realistic rustic dialogue ⓘ use of Doric dialect in poetry ⓘ
traditionallyDatedTo	early 3rd century BCE ⓘ
workIncludesCharacterType	goatherds ⓘ shepherds ⓘ
workIncludesTheme	love ⓘ rural life ⓘ song contests ⓘ
workPreservationStatus	partially preserved ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgil → influencedBy → Theocritus ⓘ

Hellenistic poetry → hasNotableAuthor → Theocritus ⓘ

Pastorals → influencedBy → Theocritus ⓘ

Eclogues → inspiredBy → Theocritus ⓘ

Theocritus → name → Theocritus self-link ⓘ

spring of Arethusa → mentionedBy → Theocritus ⓘ

Syracusans → notableCitizen → Theocritus ⓘ