Oppianus.

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.


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Zoology--Pre--Linnean works.
Zoology--Classification.
Hunting.
Fishing.
Fowling.