---
name: Theocritus of Syracuse
name_greek: Θεόκριτος ὁ Συρακούσιος
eul_aid: izc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/theocritus-of-syracuse-izc"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Doric Bucolic
works_count: 5
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Theocritus of Syracuse

*Θεόκριτος ὁ Συρακούσιος*

**eul_aid:** `izc` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/theocritus-of-syracuse-izc)

Theocritus of Syracuse, Hellenistic poet writing in Doric Greek. Works include bucolic idylls. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Epigrams (Major Selection)](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-syracuse-epigrams-izc-aa) — *Ἐπιγράμματα* · `izc-aa`
- [Epigrams (Minor Selection)](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-syracuse-epigrams-izc-ab) — *Ἐπιγράμματα* · `izc-ab`
- [Fisherman's Sacrificial Rite](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-syracuse-fisherman-rite-izc-ac) — *Ἀπόσπασμα* · `izc-ac`
- [Idylls](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-syracuse-idylls-izc-ad) — *Εἰδύλλια* · `izc-ad`
- [Syrinx](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-syracuse-syrinx-izc-ae) — *Σῦριγξ* · `izc-ae`

## License and provenance

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