TEOCRITO (310-250 BC) of Syracuse. Greek poet lived in Cos and Alexandria. The greatest poet of the age of Alexandria; among his works have survived only 30 Idylls. Portrait by: 'gallery of the ancient Greeks and Romans with a small description of their lives' by Georg Wilhelm Zapf; dedicated the Altitude serenissima Carlo Federico Margrave of Baden; Translation from the German by Tommaso de Bassus (1742-1815) by Giuseppe Ambrosioni; Volume II; 1784 Poschiavo