Caption for an engraving (shown below) showing a bucolic scene with two shepherds, thyrsis and aipolos (= goatherd) illustrating theocritus idyll 1 θύρσις ἢ ᾠδή, lines 12-14. Greek caption with the text spoken by thyrsis in the dialogue:
λῇς, ποτὶ τᾶν νυμφᾶν; λῇς, αιπολε, τᾶδε καθίξας,
ω, ὡς τὸ (?) κάταντες τοῦτο (?) γεώλοφον, αἵ τε μυρῖκαι,
συρίσδεν; τὰς δ᾽ αἶγας ἐγὼν ἐν τῷδε νομευσῶ. The text differs slightly from perseus. Tufts. Edu: theocritus theoc. 1, θύρσις ἢ ᾠδή. Translation from theoi. Com theocritus idylls1:
'fore the nymphs i pray you, master goatherd, come now and sit ye down here by this shelving bank and these brush tamarisks and play me a tune. I’ll keep your goats the while. Date: 1778 engraving, 1779 book published.
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