EC
headed To Miss Talbot, another poem of friendship written in or after 1754, with a line of Theocritus
quoted in Greek. The line describes a calm sea and hushed wind, yet it comes...
Occupation
R. D. Blackmore
He published several volumes of poetry and translated works by Theocritus
and Virgil
. He found the occupation of novelist extremely profitable, and used most of his revenue from writing to fund his horticultural endeavours...
Textual Features
Rosamund Marriott Watson
Her introduction demonstrates a good knowledge of ancient Greek poetry and its publication history. In addition to selections by Plato
and Theocritus
, the book includes single poems by Sappho
and Erinna
.
Watson, Rosamund Marriott, editor. Selections from the Greek Anthology. W. Scott, 1901.
AF
explains in her preliminary discourse (dated 24 July 1781) that she began by making a prose translation. Then she endeavour[ed] to soften, with the flow of numbers, the rugged, inharmonious style of literal translation...