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Greek poem attributed to Theocritus
Idyll XVIII, also titled Ἑλένης Ἐπιθάλαμιος, is a poem by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus. The poem includes a re-creation of the epithalamium sung by a choir of maidens at the marriage of Helen and Menelaus of Sparta. The idea is said to have been borrowed from an old poem by Stesichorus. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Idyll XVIIIA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: Pride and PrejudiceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: XVIII.—A Definition of the Pastoral IdyllCited 6 times
- Go sideways: Idyll XIIA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Idyll IVA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
📚 Books worth reading
Pride and PrejudiceJane Austen · 1813
The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde · 1890
Herfsttij der MiddeleeuwenJohan Huizinga · 1919
The boys' life of Theodore RooseveltHermann Hagedorn · 1918
The Longman Anthology of British LiteratureDavid Damrosch, Stuart Sherman · 2005
Under Fire (The Story of a Squad)Henri Barbusse, W. Fitzwater Wray · 1917
A Stormy LifeGeorgiana Fullerton · 1885- 📕Quaestionum TheocritearumIoann Gottlob Zetzsche · 1857
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