Bion

Bion, second of the three Greek bucolic poets, was a native of Smyrna, but settled in Sicily, where he is said to have been poisoned by a jealous rival. He imitated his earlier contemporary Theocritus; Moschus calls himself his pupil. Little of his work has survived save his 'Lament for Adonis.' His works are usually edited with those of Theocritus (q.v.); Mr Lang gave us a good prose translation of the three (1889).—BION OF BORYSTHENES flourished about 280 B.C. At first a Scythian slave, he studied philosophy at Athens, and afterwards lived at the court of Antigonus Gonatas.