Английская Википедия:Bion of Smyrna
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Bion (Βίων Шаблон:IPAc-en) was an ancient Greek bucolic poet from Smyrna, probably active at the end of the second or beginning of the first century BC. He is named in the Suda as one of three canonical bucolic poets alongside Theocritus and Moschus. One long poem about Adonis and seventeen shorter fragments of his poetry survive.
Life
According to the Suda Bion was from Phlossa, which is not otherwise known but may have been one of the villages which made up Smyrna.Шаблон:Sfn Ancient sources do not record Bion's dates or any details about his life,Шаблон:Sfn but he likely was active in the late second or early first century BC.Шаблон:Sfn An epitaph to Bion says that he was poisoned and implies that he died young.Шаблон:Sfn
Poetry
The Suda and the scholiast on the Palatine Anthology name Bion alongside Theocritus and Moschus as a bucolic poet; he also wrote erotic poetry.Шаблон:Sfn His surviving work comprises the "Lament to Adonis and seventeen shorter fragments. All his surviving poetry is composed in dactylic hexameter and in a Doric dialect, which is typical of ancient bucolic poetry.Шаблон:Sfn The "Lament to Adonis" is 98 lines long; the other fragments are shorter, ranging from a single line to eighteen lines long,Шаблон:Sfn and totalling around another 100 lines.Шаблон:Sfn One of these fragments, about a bird hunter's attempt to hunt Eros, is probably a complete poem.Шаблон:Sfn The remaining fragments seem to come from at least four further poems; no two fragments are certainly from the same poem.Шаблон:Sfn The "Lament for Adonis" is influenced traditional Greek lament and specifically references Theocritus' "Lament for Daphnis".Шаблон:Sfn
Bion's work continued to be read until the sixth century AD,Шаблон:Sfn and was alluded to by ancient poets including Meleager of Gadara,Шаблон:Sfn Ovid, Catullus,Шаблон:Sfn and Nonnus.Шаблон:Sfn The Greek novelists Achilles Tatius, Longus, and Heliodorus also reference Bion.Шаблон:Sfn Pseudo-Moschus' "Epitaph for Bion" references Bion's works, particularly the "Lament for Adonis".Шаблон:Sfn
Bion's longest poem, the "Lament to Adonis", is preserved on two medieval manuscripts,Шаблон:Sfn and was first attributed to him by Joachim Camerarius in 1530.Шаблон:Sfn The first sixteen fragments were preserved by Johannes Stobaeus;Шаблон:Sfn the seventeenth fragment was preserved by Orion of Thebes.Шаблон:Sfn
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