Idyll V

View of the river Crathis seen from the hill Terranova da Sibari

Idyll V, sometimes called Αιπολικόν και Ποιμενικόν ('The Goatherd and the Shepherd'), is a bucolic poem by the 3rd-century BC Greek poet Theocritus.[1] This Idyll begins with a ribald debate between two hirelings, who, at last, compete with each other in a match of pastoral song.[2] The scene is in Southern Italy.[2]

  1. ^ Edmonds, ed. 1919, p. 61.
  2. ^ a b Lang, ed. 1880, p. 24.