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THEOCRITUS Greek pastoral poet (fl. 270 BC) Beauty is a delightful prejudice.       - [Beauty] Faults are beauties in a lover's eye.       - [Faults] For faults are beauties in a lover's eyes.       - [Love] Heaven's eternal wisdom has decreed that man of man should ever stand in need.       - [Dependence] For the living there is hope, for the dead there is none.       - Idyl (IV, 42) [Hope] Cicala to cicala is dear, and ant to ant, and hawks to hawks, but to me the muse and song.       - Idyl (IX),         (translation by Andrew Lang), st. 2         [Songs] Grasshopper to grasshopper, ant to ant is dear,   Hawks love hawks, but I the muse and song.       - Idyl (IX),         (translation by Maurice Thompson)         [Songs] Last Revised: 2008 April 9 Copyright © 1999-2008 John C. Shepard. All Rights Reserved. The GIGA name and logo are trademarks registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by John C. Shepard.  WWW.GIGA-USA.COM     Back to Top of Page

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