[96] δεδεγμένος, 'having received the task.' It is noticeable how much stronger and vivid the verse becomes from this point to the end. The weaker strain of the opening of the poem nowhere gives the impression of easy workmanship. Possibly this is an evidence of early date, but there is no real evidence.
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The Idylls of Theocritus. R. J. Cholmeley, M.A. London. George Bell & Sons. 1901.
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