Theocritean Parallels; Eclogue III
Idyll 1
Date: Early 3rd c. BCE
Genre: Bucolic (pastoral poetry)
Setting and Characters: A shepherd, Thysis, and a goatherd meet in a
Sicilain pasture one afternoon. The goatherd persuades Thysis to sing a ballad
(the Affliction of Daphnis) for a goblet. Thysis ends his speech by giving his
pipe to Pan and receives the cup from the goatherd. *
Cf. l. 29-30 (Eclogue
III)
In Idyll I.25-26, a goat who has two
kids and can yet fill two pails of milk is wagered
Cf. l. 38-39
In Idyll 1.29-31, clusters of yellow
fruit on winding ivy on the goblet
Cf. l. 43
In Idyll 1. 59-60, Aipolos says the goblet
has not yet touched his lips, but lies unsullied
Idyll 3
Date: Early 3rd c. BCE
Genre: Bucolic (pastoral poetry)
Setting and Characters: This poem is a monologue of a goatherd. He
dedicates his song to Tityrus, and sings to his love Amaryllis. His gifts
(apples, a garland, and a goat) and love-song are all rejected, and the poem
ends in a lament
Cf. l. 20
In Idyll 3. 1-5, a goatherd entrusts his
goats to Tityrus
Cf. l. 68-71
In
Idyll 3.10-11, the goatherd offers a present of ten apples
Idyll 4
Date: Early 3rd c. BCE
Genre: Bucolic (pastoral poetry)
Setting and Characters: Near Crotona in Southern Italy, goatherds Battus
and Corydon converse while Corydon watches Aegon’s oxen. Enjoying his elevated
position, Corydon teases Battus for losing the favor of Amaryllis to Milon.
Cf. l. 1-2
In Idyll 4.1-2, Battus asks whose cows
are present; if they are Philondas’s. Corydon responds that they are Aegon’s,
and they are to graze under his watch
Cf. l. 3
In Idyll 4.13 the sheep are pitied for
their poor herdsman
Cf. l. 5
In Idyll 4.3, Battus suggests that
Corydon milks his sheep secretly in the evening
Idyll 5
Date: Early 3rd c. BCE
Genre: Bucolic (pastoral poetry)
Setting and Characters: This takes place in the wooded pastures by the
mouth of the river Crathis (Sybaris/Thurii districts in Southern Italy). There
is a lagoon nearby with figures of the Nymphs and Pan. A goatherd Comatas and a
shepherd Lacon begin a contest of song. The judge of the contest is a
woodcutter, Morson, who interrupts the contest and awards a lamb to
Comatas. The themes of the verses
often have to do with love.
Cf. l. 10
In Idyll 5.112 Comatas mentions Micon’s
vineyard
Cf. l. 13-15
In Idyll 5.11-13, Comatas accuses Lacon
of being envious of the dappled skin Crocylus gifted after sacrificing a goat
to the Nymphs.
Cf. l. 25-27
Comatas teases Lacon for being
accustomed to rustic, cheap pipes and playing with Corydon
Cf. l 62
A translation of Idyll 5.82, Phoebus
loves me (kai gar em’ Wpollwn fileei)
Cf. l 64-67
In Idyll 5.88, Lacon recalls Clearista
throwing apples (the fruit of love) at a goatherd
Cf. l 68-71
In Idyll 5.94-95, Lacon praises wild
apples and Comatas says he will catch a dove in a juniper tree for his
girlfriend (compare Damoetas trying to give his girl eggs from a nest high in a
tree)
Cf. l 89
In Idyll 5.126, Lacon wishes Sybaris
would flow with honey for him
Cf. l. 94-97
In Idyll 5.100-104, Comatas interrupts
the singing contest to shoo his goats away from the olives
Idyll 8
Date: Early 3rd c. BCE
Genre: Bucolic (pastoral poetry)
Setting and Characters: Daphnis and Menalcas the shepherd have a song
contest judged by a goatherd. The prize is a set of pipes, and the themes
include landscape and love. Edmonds does not believe this is actually a work of
Theocritus.
Cf. l. 32-34
In Idyll 8.15-16, Menalkas won’t wager a
lamb because his stern father and mother count the sheep each evening
Cf. l. 101
In Idyll 8.43, Menalkas says if Nais
departs, the cow and cowherd will wither
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