The Idylls of Theocritus and the Eclogues of Virgil is a book that includes two collections of pastoral poetry from ancient Greece and Rome. Theocritus' Idylls consists of 30 short poems that depict the beauty and simplicity of rural life, while Virgil's Eclogues contains 10 poems that explore the themes of love, loss, and nature. Both collections are written in a style that emphasizes the beauty of language and the natural world, and they are considered...