Ancient Greek & Roman

Moschus

fl. c. 150 BC


Moschus was a Greek bucolic poet who flourished in Syracuse in the second century BC.

Only a small collection of his works survives, the largest being the Europa; The Lament for Bion was formerly attributed to him but is now assigned to an unknown pupil of Bion.

  1. The Runaway Love
  2. Europa
  3. The Lament for Bion
  4. A Comparison
  5. A Lesson to Lovers
  6. A River in Love
  7. Of Love Ploughing
  8. Book IX, 440: Fugitive Love
  9. Book XVI, 200: On Love Ploughing
  10. On a Love Ploughing (Mackail)
  11. Love the Runaway (Lang)
  12. Europa and the Bull (Lang)
  13. The Lament for Bion (Lang)
  14. Idyll IV (Lang)
  15. Idyll V (Lang)
  16. Idyll VI (Lang)
  17. Idyll VII (Lang)
  18. Idyll VIII (Lang)
  19. Idyll IX (Lang)

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