Bion of Smyrna

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Hellenistic poet ancient Greek poet bucolic poet

Bion of Smyrna was a Greek bucolic poet of the Hellenistic period, best known for his elegiac and pastoral verses that influenced later pastoral literature.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hellenistic poet ⓘ ancient Greek poet ⓘ bucolic poet ⓘ
associatedWith	Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ Smyrna NERFINISHED ⓘ
contemporaryOf	Moschus NERFINISHED ⓘ Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo	Hellenistic literary culture ⓘ development of pastoral poetry ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek ⓘ
era	post-Classical Greek literature ⓘ
floruit	Hellenistic period ⓘ
genre	bucolic poetry ⓘ elegiac poetry ⓘ pastoral poetry ⓘ
hasWorkAttributed	Lament for Adonis NERFINISHED ⓘ fragments of bucolic poems ⓘ
influenced	European pastoral tradition ⓘ Renaissance pastoral poets ⓘ Roman pastoral poets ⓘ later pastoral literature ⓘ
influencedBy	Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	elegiac verses ⓘ pastoral verses ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek language ⓘ
literaryForm	eclogue ⓘ epyllion ⓘ
literaryMovement	Hellenistic poetry NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableTheme	erotic desire ⓘ mythological lament ⓘ nature and countryside ⓘ
occupation	poet ⓘ
partOf	Greek bucolic canon ⓘ
reception	admired by Roman poets ⓘ admired by later Greek scholars ⓘ
region	Ionia NERFINISHED ⓘ
style	elegiac ⓘ lyric ⓘ pastoral ⓘ
subjectMatter	love and lament ⓘ shepherds and rustic life ⓘ
textualTransmission	survives mainly in later manuscripts ⓘ
tradition	Greek bucolic tradition ⓘ

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