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Moschus

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Moschus (mŏs`kəs), fl. c.150 B.C., Greek bucolic poet of the school of Theocritus. He is called a Syracusan and lived in Alexandria. Among his few extant pieces is an idyl on Europa. Although Lament for Bion, a beautiful dirge has traditionally been ascribed to Moschus, it is probably of later date.


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If one likes books of this genre, my recommendation would be to read William Darymple's brilliant From the Holy Mountain (1998) which retraces the travels of the seventh-century monk, John Moschus, through the Christian, largely monastic, world of the Middle East.
 
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