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46: 99: 319: 243: 341: 137:) is short on pastoral themes and is largely erotic and mythological; although this impression may be distorted by the paucity of evidence, it is also seen in the surviving bucolic of the generations after Moschus, including the work of 149:
has often received separate scholarly editions, as by Winfried Bühler (Wiesbaden 1960) and Malcolm Campbell (Hildesheim 1991). The epigram is also normally published with the edition by
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Two other poems, attributed to him at one time or another but no longer thought to be his, are also commonly edited with his work. The best known is the
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is felt in Bion and other later bucolic poets. In later European literature his work was imitated or translated by such authors as
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Poetae bucolici et didactici. Theocritus, Bion, Moschus, Nicander, Oppianus, Marcellus de piscibus, poeta de herbis
410: 141:. Moschus' poetry is typically edited along with other bucolic poets, as in the commonly used Oxford text by 374: 420: 362: 280: 381:
Theocritus, Bion et Moschus graece et latine. Accedunt virorum doctorum animadversiones scholia, indices
430: 384: 75: 87: 368: 17: 98: 45: 318: 8: 231:), consisting of an epic dialogue between Heracles' mother and his wife on his absence. 224: 130: 118: 394: 336: 323: 150: 215:), which had a long history of influence on the pastoral lament for a poet (compare 345: 393:, C. Fr. Ameis, F. S. Lehrs (ed.), Parisiis, editore Ambrosio Firmin Didot, 1862, 383:, L. F. Heindorfius (ed.), Londini, sumtibus Whittaker, Treacher, et Arnot, 1829, 154: 79: 332: 300: 289: 212: 192: 138: 57: 350: 404: 254: 249: 175: 83: 65: 142: 86:, and flourished about 150 BC. Aside from his poetry, he was known for his 35: 356: 285: 216: 180: 170: 134: 327: 293: 196: 129:
couplets. His surviving bucolic material (composed in the traditional
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
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Geschichte der griechischen Litteratur in der Alexandrinerzeit.
31: 71: 183:, is a major example of the Hellenistic phenomenon of the 121:, three bucolic fragments and a whole short bucolic poem 271:For a recent overview of Moschus see A. Porro in 102:Page from a 15th-century Byzantine manuscript of 402: 278:There are English translations by J. Banks in 267:(11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. 74:and student of the Alexandrian grammarian 34:. For the 6th century Syrian writer, see 253: 97: 44: 14: 403: 109:His few surviving works consist of an 223:). The other is a miniature epic on 24: 90:work, nothing of which survives. 25: 442: 364:Anacreon, Bion, and Moschus, etc. 357:Works of Moschus at Theoi Project 311: 359:translated by J.M. Edmonds, 1912 317: 241: 49:18th century likeness of Moschus 375:Europa. Perseus Digital Library 30:For the Phoenician writer, see 13: 1: 202: 160: 7: 426:Ancient Greek bucolic poets 179:and such Latin examples as 10: 447: 416:2nd-century BC Greek poets 234: 29: 342:Works by or about Moschus 76:Aristarchus of Samothrace 61: 27:2nd century BC Greek poet 281:Bohn's Classical Library 93: 264:Encyclopædia Britannica 411:Poets of Magna Graecia 288:(1889), together with 106: 50: 101: 48: 38:. For the genus, see 353:English translations 125:, and an epigram in 131:dactylic hexameters 421:Ancient Syracusans 322:Works by or about 107: 51: 431:Hellenistic poets 337:Project Gutenberg 275:10 (1999) 125–25. 151:Maximos Planoudes 117:, on the myth of 78:. He was born at 16:(Redirected from 438: 385:vol. 2 pp. 35-77 351:Poems by Moschus 346:Internet Archive 333:Works by Moschus 321: 268: 247: 245: 244: 145:(1952), but the 63: 21: 446: 445: 441: 440: 439: 437: 436: 435: 401: 400: 314: 284:(1853), and by 257:, ed. (1911). " 242: 240: 237: 209:Epitaph on Bion 205: 163: 155:Greek Anthology 96: 43: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 444: 434: 433: 428: 423: 418: 413: 399: 398: 388: 378: 372: 369:Thomas Stanley 367:translated by 360: 354: 348: 339: 330: 313: 312:External links 310: 309: 308: 307:i. 231 (1891). 301:Franz Susemihl 297: 290:Bion of Smyrna 276: 269: 255:Chisholm, Hugh 236: 233: 213:Bion of Smyrna 204: 201: 193:Torquato Tasso 162: 159: 139:Bion of Smyrna 95: 92: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 443: 432: 429: 427: 424: 422: 419: 417: 414: 412: 409: 408: 406: 396: 392: 389: 386: 382: 379: 376: 373: 370: 366: 365: 361: 358: 355: 352: 349: 347: 343: 340: 338: 334: 331: 329: 325: 320: 316: 315: 306: 302: 298: 295: 291: 287: 283: 282: 277: 274: 270: 266: 265: 260: 256: 251: 250:public domain 239: 238: 232: 230: 227:(the wife of 226: 222: 218: 214: 210: 200: 198: 194: 190: 186: 182: 178: 177: 172: 169:, along with 168: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 140: 136: 135:Doric dialect 132: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 105: 100: 91: 89: 85: 84:Magna Graecia 81: 77: 73: 70: 67: 66:ancient Greek 59: 55: 47: 41: 37: 33: 19: 390: 380: 363: 304: 279: 272: 262: 220: 208: 206: 189:Runaway Love 188: 174: 166: 164: 146: 143:A. S. F. Gow 123:Runaway Love 122: 114: 108: 103: 53: 52: 36:John Moschus 286:Andrew Lang 181:Catullus 64 171:Callimachus 88:grammatical 405:Categories 328:Wikisource 294:Theocritus 197:Ben Jonson 395:pp. 77-86 299:See also 203:Apocrypha 161:Influence 64:) was an 40:Musk deer 273:Eikasmos 229:Heracles 185:epyllion 111:epyllion 80:Syracuse 344:at the 324:Moschus 259:Moschus 252::  235:Sources 221:Lycidas 153:of the 127:elegiac 69:bucolic 54:Moschus 18:Moschos 371:(1651) 246:  225:Megara 217:Milton 211:(i.e. 176:Hecale 167:Europa 147:Europa 119:Europa 115:Europa 113:, the 104:Europa 62:Μόσχος 32:Mochus 377:Greek 94:Works 58:Greek 292:and 195:and 165:The 133:and 72:poet 335:at 326:at 261:". 219:'s 199:. 157:. 407:: 303:, 173:' 82:, 60:: 397:. 387:. 296:. 56:( 42:. 20:)

Index

Moschos
Mochus
John Moschus
Musk deer

Greek
ancient Greek
bucolic
poet
Aristarchus of Samothrace
Syracuse
Magna Graecia
grammatical

epyllion
Europa
elegiac
dactylic hexameters
Doric dialect
Bion of Smyrna
A. S. F. Gow
Maximos Planoudes
Greek Anthology
Callimachus
Hecale
Catullus 64
epyllion
Torquato Tasso
Ben Jonson
Bion of Smyrna

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