(Half -title: The Loeb classical library. [Greek authors])
GENERAL NOTES
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Greek and English on opposite pages
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The author of the Halieutica is Oppianus of Anazarbus (or of Corycus) in Cilicia; the Cynegetica by a native (of the same name?) of Apamea in Syria
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographies
CONTENTS NOTE
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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