Idyll XI
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Idyll XI is a pastoral poem by the ancient Greek poet Theocritus that recounts the Cyclops Polyphemus’s humorous and tender lament for his unrequited love for the sea nymph Galatea.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Idyll XI canonical | 1 |
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Greek literary work
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pastoral poem ⓘ |
| author | Theocritus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Greek Sicily ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Galatea
NERFINISHED
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Polyphemus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| influenced |
Roman poet Virgil
NERFINISHED
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Virgil’s Eclogues NERFINISHED ⓘ later pastoral poetry ⓘ |
| language | Ancient Greek NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
contrast between monstrous appearance and tender feelings
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parody of heroic epic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | idyll ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
emotional consolation through song
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love-lament ⓘ pastoral life ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
| metricalForm | dactylic hexameter ⓘ |
| mythologicalContext | Greek mythology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | Polyphemus’s unrequited love for Galatea ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | monologue ⓘ |
| originalMedium | oral recitation ⓘ |
| partOf | Theocritus’s Idylls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portraysPolyphemusAs |
comic figure
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sympathetic lover ⓘ |
| setting | Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter | Cyclops Polyphemus’s love for the sea nymph Galatea ⓘ |
| survivesAs | part of the extant corpus of Theocritus ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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tender ⓘ |
| tradition | bucolic poetry ⓘ |
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