author: theocritus

Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 1)

... blood , for it was not the feeblest of the Achaeans who struck him . The sire of gods and men had pity on him , and ... Olympus were in a fury , but they could not reach you to set you free ; when I caught any one of them I gripped him ...

Theocritus 2 Volume Set

... glorious deeds , but are enslaved by gain ; and each , his hand within his purse - fold , looks to see whence he may ... 4 ASU 18 κνάμα L -μας , μης cett . 20 ἅλις ἀκ . ἄλλου Αυ 21 οισε ] τε μηδεν 24 -μαι W 23 οὐχ άδε Κ οὐχὶ δὲ LWTr οὐχ ὧδε ...

Yale Classics (Vol. 1)

... wrath against the Immortals , for now she contrives a mighty deed , to destroy the feeble tribes of earth - born men by withholding the seed under the earth . Thereby the honours of the Gods are minished , and fierce is her wrath , nor ...

Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 1)

... full armour to bestride him . As a cow stands lowing over her first calf ... dauntless of all creatures , than are the proud sons of Panthous . Yet Hyperenor did not see out the days of his youth when he made light of me and withstood me , ...

Yale Classics - The Greatest Works of Ancient Greece

... wrath against the Immortals , for now she contrives a mighty deed , to destroy the feeble tribes of earth - born men by withholding the seed under the earth . Thereby the honours of the Gods are minished , and fierce is her wrath , nor ...

Yale Required Reading - Collected Works (Vol. 1)

... XXX. CUPID once upon a bed Of roses laid his weary head; Luckless urchin, not to see Within the leaves a slumbering bee! The bee awaked—with anger wild The bee awaked, and stung the child. Loud and piteous are his cries; To Venus quick ...

Yale Classics (Vol. 1)

... XXX. CUPID once upon a bed Of roses laid his weary head; Luckless urchin, not to see Within the leaves a slumbering bee! The bee awaked—with anger wild The bee awaked, and stung the child. Loud and piteous are his cries; To Venus quick ...

“The” Idylls of Theocritus, Bion, and Moschus; and the War-songs of Tyrtaeus

... dog - with a bound He barking starts , and angry looks around- Then bays the sea ; the waves soft - murmuring show An angry dog fast running to and fro . Take heed he leap not on her , coming fresh From the sea - wave , and tear her ...

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