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Poem by Theocritus
Idyll IX, also titled Βουκολιασταί γʹ, is a bucolic poem by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus. Daphnis and Menalcas, at the bidding of the poet, sing the joys of the neatherds and of the shepherds life. Both receive the thanks of the poet, and rustic prizes—a staff and a horn, made of a spiral shell. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Idyll IXA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Are institutional investors “in love” with the sustainable development goals? Understanding the idyll in the case of governments and pension fundsInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Pride and PrejudiceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Rethinking the Rural IdyllCited 8 times
- Go sideways: Idyll VIIIA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Idyll XXVIIA closely related topic
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Rethinking the Rural Idyll
Idyll 16: Theocritus and Simonides
Llewellyn Park, suburban Idyll
Improvisational Idyll
Theocritus' Idyll 24
Electric Idyll
American Idyll
Idyll in Gelb
🆕 Influential since 2022
Are institutional investors “in love” with the sustainable development goals? Understanding the idyll in the case of governments and pension funds
Good food or industrial food: Discourses of the rural idyll and alternative food networks
Constructing a virtual destination: Li Ziqi’s Chinese rural idyll on YouTube
Rural idyll in a global creative city: gentrification, cultural governance and creative placemaking
Negotiating for distance: the Chinese middle-class seeking alternative education in the idyll
📚 Books worth reading
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890
Les MisérablesVictor Hugo · 1862
The complete works of Robert Browning Volume XVIRobert Browning, Daniel Karlin · 1800
Herfsttij der MiddeleeuwenJohan Huizinga · 1919
The poetical works of Alfred Tennyson...Alfred Lord Tennyson · 1867
The Luck of Roaring CampBret Harte · 1869
My Brilliant CareerMiles Franklin · 1965
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