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• Bucolics — The Bucolics (also called the Eclogues ) is the first of the three major works of the Latin poet Virgil. Imitating the Greek Bucolica ( on care of cattle , so named from the poetry s rustic subjects) by Theocritus, Virgil created a Roman version… …   Wikipedia

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• Theocritus — Theocritean /thee ok ri tee euhn/, Theocritan, adj. /thee ok ri teuhs/, n. fl. c270 B.C., Greek poet. * * * born с 300, Syracuse, Sicily died 260 BC Greek poet. Little is known of his life. His surviving poems consist of bucolics and mimes, set… …   Universalium

• Theocritus — (Greek: Θεόκριτος), the creator of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, flourished in the 3rd century BC.LifeLittle is known of him beyond what can be inferred from his writings. We must, however, handle these with some caution, since some of the poems… …   Wikipedia

• Pierre François Tissot — (March 20, 1768 April 7, 1854) was a French man of letters and politician.BiographyEarly lifeHe was born in Versailles to a native of Savoy, who was a perfumer appointed by royal warrant to the court. At the age of eighteen he entered the service …   Wikipedia

• Michel de Marolles — (22 July 1600, Genillé 6 March 1681, Paris), known as the abbé de Marolles, was a French churchman and translator, known for his collection of engravings. He became a monk in 1610 and later was abbot of Villeloin (1626–1674). He was the author of …   Wikipedia

• Marcus Valerius Probus — Marcus Valerius Probus, of Berytus, was a Roman grammarian and critic, who flourished during the Flavian dynasty. He was a student rather than a teacher, and devoted himself to the criticism and elucidation of the texts of classical authors… …   Wikipedia

• Donatus, Aelius — ▪ Roman grammarian flourished 4th century AD       famous grammarian and teacher of rhetoric at Rome, one of whose pupils was Eusebius Hieronymus (later St. Jerome).       Donatus wrote a large and a small school grammar, Ars maior and Ars minor …   Universalium

• Bucolic — Bu*col ic, n. [L. Bucolic[^o]n po[ e]ma.] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English