Theocritus - c. 315 - 250 BCE - Theocritus was a native of
Sicily who wrote short poems known as idylls. The themes of
Theocritus' poetry usually centered around eroticism, ``lovers'
complaints,'' and nature. Theocritus' contemporaries believed that
Homer's epic's could never be out done and thus writers should
limit the length of their work to short poems.
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