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The Hellenistic Period 180 Moschos Of Syracuse, active around 150 bce. Pastoral poet, to whom some half-dozen short pieces may be assigned. The Rape of Europa (a short narrative) and the Lament for Bion have also been attributed to Moschos, but chronology definitely excludes the latter. Landlover When wind dips calmly over the blue sea my cowardly soul stirs. My love for land becomes a craving for the vast salt waters. But when the ocean bottom roars, and foam boils spitting skyward on the wild crashing waves, I gaze at the shore and its forests, and shun the sea. Then I love black earth and shadowy woods where even during a blasting gale a pine tree sings. What a wretched life the fisherman has—with his berth a home, the sea his labor and fish his wandering prey! I prefer to sleep under a leafy plane and hear the plashing of a bubbling spring which soothes the soul and never brings me pain. ...

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