William G. Thalmann has taught at Yale University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the University of Southern California, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature. He is the author of five previous books on Greek poetry and a number of articles on ancient literature and ancient slavery.

Thalmann offers a brilliant reading of the Theocritean corpus through the lens of space and location. Treating both realistic subjects under Ptolemaic rule and imaginary characters dwelling in bucolic space, Thalmann focuses on the dynamic of absence and desire as Theocritus' overarching theme. A pleasure to read!

• PrefaceIntroductionNote on Text and Transliteration Chapter 1: Theocritean Spaces 1: The Bucolic and Urban PoemsChapter 2: Theocritean Spaces 2: Mythological and Encomiastic SpaceChapter 3: The Poetics of AbsenceChapter 4: On the Margins of BucolicChapter 5: Conclusion ReferencesIndexes

William G. Thalmann has taught at Yale University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the University of Southern California, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature. He is the author of five previous books on Greek poetry and a number of articles on ancient literature and ancient slavery.

Thalmann offers a brilliant reading of the Theocritean corpus through the lens of space and location. Treating both realistic subjects under Ptolemaic rule and imaginary characters dwelling in bucolic space, Thalmann focuses on the dynamic of absence and desire as Theocritus' overarching theme. A pleasure to read!

• PrefaceIntroductionNote on Text and Transliteration Chapter 1: Theocritean Spaces 1: The Bucolic and Urban PoemsChapter 2: Theocritean Spaces 2: Mythological and Encomiastic SpaceChapter 3: The Poetics of AbsenceChapter 4: On the Margins of BucolicChapter 5: Conclusion ReferencesIndexes

William G. Thalmann has taught at Yale University, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, and the University of Southern California, where he is now Professor Emeritus of Classics and Comparative Literature. He is the author of five previous books on Greek poetry and a number of articles on ancient literature and ancient slavery.

Thalmann offers a brilliant reading of the Theocritean corpus through the lens of space and location. Treating both realistic subjects under Ptolemaic rule and imaginary characters dwelling in bucolic space, Thalmann focuses on the dynamic of absence and desire as Theocritus' overarching theme. A pleasure to read!

• PrefaceIntroductionNote on Text and Transliteration Chapter 1: Theocritean Spaces 1: The Bucolic and Urban PoemsChapter 2: Theocritean Spaces 2: Mythological and Encomiastic SpaceChapter 3: The Poetics of AbsenceChapter 4: On the Margins of BucolicChapter 5: Conclusion ReferencesIndexes