# Theocritus

> He invented a genre: the pastoral poem, where shepherds lounge in shade and sing about love and loss. Before Theocritus, no one had thought to make high art out of herdsmen's conversations.

*3rd-century BC Greek poet*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/theocritus

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Born:** -400
- **Died:** -260
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 300 BC in Sicily, Theocritus was a Greek poet working at the edges of the Greek-speaking world. He took the countryside—shepherds, goatherds, the rural dialect—and turned it into a new form: pastoral poetry, verse that made the simple life artful and strange. The innovation stuck. He was still writing after 260 BC, long enough to watch his invention take root. Every Arcadia that came after traces back to him.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.6 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 24.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #Literature, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q219484)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocritus)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Theocritus)
- [ثيوقريطس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%B3)
- [Feokrit](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feokrit)
- [Тэакрыт](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%8D%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82)
- [Феакрыт](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%82)
- [Теокрит](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82)
- [Teòcrit](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B2crit)
- [Theokritos](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokritos)
- [Theocritos](https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theocritos)
- [Theokrit](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokrit)
- [Theokritos](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokritos)
- [Θεόκριτος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Teokrito](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teokrito)
- [Teócrito](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3crito)
- [Teokrito](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teokrito)
- [تئوکریتوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Theokritos](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokritos)
- [Teócrito](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3crito)
- [תאוקריטוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [थियोक्रितस](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8)
- [Teokrit](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teokrit)
- [Theokritosz (költő)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokritosz_(k%C3%B6lt%C5%91))
- [Theokritos](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theokritos)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Te%C3%B2crit)
- [Wikiquote](https://el.wikiquote.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%B5%CF%8C%CE%BA%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theocritus)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Te%C3%B3crito)
- [Wikiquote](https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Theokritos)

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