Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphidorous, with an English translation by A.W. Mair

Author: Oppian, active 2nd century.

Imprint:London : W. Heinemann, ltd. ; New York : G.P. Putnam's sons, 1928.

Descriptionlxxx, 635 p. ; 17 cm.

Note:The author of the Hallieutica is Oppianus of Anazarbus (r of Corycus) in Cilicia; the Cynegetica is by a native (of the same name?) of Apamea in Syria.

Note:The authorities of the poems.. - Zoology before Oppian. Hunting, fishing, fowling. On the identification of certain fishes. Some animal idiosyncrasies. Analyses. Bibliography. - Cynegetica, or The chase. - Hallenutica, or Fishing. - Classified zoological catalogue. - Colluthus: The rape of Helen. - Tryphiodorus: The taking of Ilios.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographies.

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