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	Theocritus
		It is, however, likely that Theocritus intentionally used realistic language for the sake of dramatic effect, and the manuscript evidence is in favor of the poem.
		It is quite uncertain whether the bucolic poems were written in the pleasant isle of Cos among a circle of poets and students, or in Alexandria and meant for dwellers in streets.
		Theocritus in the Epics conforms to the new technique in both these respects: in the Bucolics his practice agrees with that of Homer.
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	Theocritus - LoveToKnow 1911
		It is quite uncertain whether the bucolic poems were written in the pleasant isle of Cos among a circle of poets and students, or in Alexandria and meant for dwellers in streets.
		The metre used by Theocritus in the Bucolics and Mimes, as well as in the Epics, is the dactylic hexameter.
		Theocritus in the Epics conforms to the new technique in both these respects: in the Bucolics his practice agrees with that of Homer.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Theocritus (2955 words)

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