Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus /

Oppian, active 2nd century.

Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus / [each] with an English translation by A.W. Mair. - Cambridge, Mass. : London : Harvard University Press ; W. Heinemann, 1987. - lxxx, 635 ; 17 cm. - Loeb classical library ; 219 .

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. Originally published in 1928.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cynegetica ; Halieutica / Oppian -- The rape of Helen / Colluthus -- The taking of Ilios / Tryphiodorus.

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