fritzsche's

Updated: May 4, 2025

and far below shines and murmurs the Sicilian sea. Here Daphnis and Menalcas, two herdsmen of the golden age, meet, while still in their earliest youth, and contend for the prize of pastoral. Daphnis is the winner, it is his earliest victory, and the prelude to his great renown among nymphs and shepherds. In this version the strophes are arranged as in Fritzsche's text.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose