by various authors, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology… (1870)
“ To judge from the pieces which are extant, Moschus was capable of writing with elegance and liveliness; but he is inferior to Bion, and comes still farther behind Theocritus. His style labours under an excess of polish and ornament. The idyls of Moschus have been usually edited with those of Bion. The editions are too many to be enumerated; for the best the reader is referred to Bion. The poems of Moschus have been frequently translated and imitated in English, German, French, Italian, Hungarian, and Russian. ”
