Theocritus was a Greek poet from Sicily, Magna Graecia, and the creator of Ancient Greek pastoral poetry.
Theocritus
Theocritus's Idyll 13, Hylas and the Nymphs. P. Oxy. 694, 2nd century AD
Barent de Bakker: Illustration of Theocritus Idyll 1 Θύρσις ἢ ᾠδή, lines 12-14 (1779)
Magna Graecia was the name given by the Romans to the Greek-speaking coastal areas of Southern Italy in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.
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