R. J. Cholmeley, M.A., The Idylls of Theocritus, poem 1, line 72

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[72] χὡκ δρυμοῖο = καὶ ὁ ἐκ, 'the lion in the thicket'; the double crasis as in 109 χὥδωνις. The Scholiast has a delightful variant ἂν ἔκλαυσε, and note: 'There were no lions in Sicily. If there had been they would have wept!'

The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.

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