Oppian,  active 2nd century, <br/><br/>
Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus /  [print] 
with an English translation by A.W. Mair. 
 - London :  W. Heinemann ;  1928. Cambridge, Massachusetts :  Harvard University Press,  (c)1928. 
 - lxxx, 635 pages  17 cm. 
 - The Loeb classical library .
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/>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 taking of Ilois. 
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<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>29002710 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Zoology--Pre-Linnean works.<br/>Animals--Classification.<br/>Hunting.<br/>Fishing.<br/>Fowling.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PA3612.M228.O675 1928