Thomas Rosenmeyer is emeritus professor of Classics and Comparative Literature at the University of California. Berkeley. His published works include include The Art of Aeschylus (University of California Press 1982) and Senecan Drama and Stoic Cosmology (University of California Press 1989).

'Should be required reading for anyone attempting to deal with the pastoral tradition.' Studies in English Literature 1500-1900 'Professor Rosenmeyer's full-length study treats Theocritus not merely as a source for Vergil and later writers but as a poet - a significantly worthy poet - in his own right. This is a fully documented literary study of Theocritus that cannot help but provide the student with deep insight and steady appreciation of a notable Hellenistic author and a persistent literary genre.' Classical Outlook