Oppian, colluthus tryphiodorus /
with an English translation by A.W. Mair.
- Cambridge, Mass.: William Heinemann, 1928.
- lxxx, 635, 1 pages; 17 cm.
- Loeb classical library ; .
Greek and English on opposite pages. The author of the Halieutica is Oppianus of Anazarbus (or of Corycus) in Cilicia; the Cynegetica is by a native (of the same name?) of Apamea in Syria.
Includes bibliographies.
Oppian: Introduction: The authorship of the poems. Zoology before Oppian. Hunting, fishing, fowling. On the indentification of certain fishes. Some animal idiosyncrasies. Analyses. Bibliography.--Cynegetica, or The chase.--Halleutica, or Fishing.--Classified zoological catalogue.--Colluthus: The rape of Helen.--Tryphiodorus: The talking of Ilois.