WorkTheocritus
Idylls (c. 270 BCE) Inferred
Theocritus (c. 300 BCE–c. 260 BCE) · c. 270 BCE
InferredTheocritus is inferred as the primary author of the form; the title is inferred as the Idylls (the foundational collection of the genre).
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“In all the idyls I ever read they were told in caves or beside a trickling fountain”
Fuller, Margaret. "A Drive Through the Country: A Dialogue on Love, Duty, and Taste." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Inferred Theocritus is inferred as the primary author of the form; the title is inferred as the Idylls (the foundational collection of the genre).