Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus
By: with an English translation by A.W. Mair ...
Contributors: Colluthus.; Tryphiodorus.; Mair, A. W. 1875-1928.
Series: The Loeb classical library. [Greek authors]; Loeb classical library
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1958
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: grc; eng
Number of pages: 635
Subjects: Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.; Zoology -- Classification.; Hunting.; Fishing.; Fowling.
Notes: "First printed 1928; reprinted 1958."

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.
Table of contents: title: Oppian: Introduction: The authorship of the poems. Zoology before Oppian. Hunting, fishing, fowling. On the identification of certain fishes. Some animal idiosyncrasies. Analyses. Bibliography.; title: Cynegetica, or The chase.; title: Halieutica, or Fishing.; title: Classified zoological catalogue.; title: Colluthus: The rape of Helen.; title: Tryphiodorus: The talking of Ilois.