"Elegy of Adonis"

Japanese: 《アドニス悲歌》 - あどにすひか
"Elegy of Adonis"

…Years of birth and death unknown. He composed pastoral poems imitating Theocritus, and his “Elegy to Adonis” in particular was so well received that it was imitated after his death by the anonymous “Elegy to Bion.” Seventeen other pastoral poems remain in fragments, but they are not very pastoral in color. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Elegy of Adonis" are listed below.

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Japanese:

…生没年不詳。テオクリトスを模倣した牧歌を作り,なかでも《アドニス悲歌》は詩人の死後,作者不明の《ビオン悲歌》によって模倣されるほどの好評を博した。ほかに17編の牧歌が断片的に残存しているが,田園色はあまり濃密ではない。…

※「《アドニス悲歌》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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