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Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus

Title
Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus / with an English translation by A. W. Mair.
Author
Oppian, active 2nd century.
Publication
London : W. Heinemann ; New York, N.Y. : Putnam, 1928.

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Additional Authors
  • Colluthus, of Lycopolis.
  • Tryphiodorus.
  • Mair, A. W. (Alexander William), 1875-1928.
Description
lxxx, 635 pages; 17 cm.
Series Statement
The Loeb classical library [Greek authors] ; 219
Uniform Title
Loeb classical library.
Subject
  • Zoology > Pre-Linnean works
  • Animals > Classification
  • Hunting
  • Fishing
  • Fowling
Note
  • Greek and English on opposite pages.
  • Imprint varies.
  • 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 bibliographies.
Contents
Oppian: Introduction, the authorship of the poems. Zoology before Oppian. Hunting, fishing, fowling. On the identification of certain fishes. Some animal idiosyncrasies. Analyses. Bibliography.--Cynegetica, or The chase.--Halieutica, or Fishing.--Classified zoological catalogue.--Colluthus: The rape of Helen.--Tryphiodorus: The talking of Ilois.
LCCN
29002710
OCLC
  • 685122
  • ocm00685122
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries