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TheocritusPtolemaic Dynasty
Theocritus was a poet in around the 270s B.C. who
wrote about varied topics including an Idyll which
portrays a vivid scene of Sicilians. It was written about
the 'quarters' of the city of Alexandria which were the
five areas designated by the first five letters of the
Greek alphabet. Theocritus was the creator of many other
works including one where his Syracusan ladies compliment
Ptolemy II
Philadelphus for having made the streets safe. This
is not actually a fact, however, and the factual records
of crime are horrific.
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