Research Catalog

Title

Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus / [each] with an English translation by A.W. Mair.

Author

Oppian, active 2nd century

Publication

• Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1928.
• United States of America : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mair, A. W. (Alexander William), 1875-1928
• Oppian, of Apamea
• Colluthus, of Lycopolis
• Tryphiodorus

Description

lxxx, 635 pages; 17 cm

Summary

Oppian of Cilicia flourished in the latter half of the 2nd century, and dedicated his Fishing (in five books) to Antoninus, presumably Marcus Aurelius. It deals with the habits and characteristics of fish as well as giving instructions for fishing: if not exactly poetical, it contains a great deal of curious information. The chase, dedicated to Caracalla, is an inferior composition and may even be the work of a Syrian imitator. The first book gives an appreciation of the huntsman's horses and hounds, the three remaining being devoted to the hunting of wild animals, from the lion to the hare. This edition is equipped with extensive zoological and ichthyological notes. This volume also includes the extant work of two epic poets of Egypt who wrote in the second half of the 5th century under the influence of Nonnus. The rape of Helen of Colluthus in 394 lines is a pleasant account of the Judgement of Paris and Helen's elopement with him; Tryphiodorus (papyri reveal the correct spelling to be Triphiodorus) deals with The taking of Troy in 691 lines, beginning with the Wooden horse and ending with the sacrifice of Polyxena. -- jacket.

Series Statement

Loeb classical library ; 219

Uniform Title

Loeb classical library ; 219.

Subject

• Zoology > Pre-Linnean works
• Animals > Classification > Early works to 1800
• Hunting > Early works to 1800
• Fishing > Early works to 1800
• Fowling > Early works to 1800
• Animals
• Fishing
• Fowling
• Hunting
• Zoology

Genre/Form

• Classification.
• Early works.

Note

• 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.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Cynegetica, or the chase / Oppian -- Halieutica, or fishing / Oppian -- Classified zoological catalogue / Oppian -- The rape of Helen / Colluthus -- The taking of Ilios / Tryphiodorus -- Index of proper names in Colluthus and Tryphiodorus.

Call Number

PA3611

ISBN

• 9780674992412
• 0674992415

OCLC

957354161

Author

Oppian, active 2nd century, author.

Title

Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus / [each] with an English translation by A.W. Mair.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press ; London : W. Heinemann, 1928.

Manufacturer

United States of America : The Maple-Vail Book Manufacturing Group, [date of manufacture not identified]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Loeb classical library ; 219

Loeb classical library ; 219.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Added Author

Mair, A. W. (Alexander William), 1875-1928, translator.

Oppian, of Apamea. Cynegetica. English & Greek.

Oppian, active 2nd century. Halieutica. English & Greek.

Colluthus, of Lycopolis. Rape of Helen. English & Greek.

Tryphiodorus. Iliou halōsis. English & Greek.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR PA3611 .O67