Oppian. Colluthus. Tryphiodorus

by Oppian, A. W. Mair (Translator), Tryphiodorus, Colluthus

Overview

Imperial Greek epos.

Oppian of Cilicia flourished in the latter half of the second century, and dedicated his Fishing (in five books) to Antoninus, presumably Marcus Aurelius. It deals with the habits and characteristics of fish as well as giving instructions for fishing: if not exactly poetical, it contains a great deal of curious information. The Chase, dedicated to Caracalla, is an inferior composition and may even be the work of a Syrian imitator. The first book gives an appreciation of the huntsman’s horses and hounds, the three remaining being devoted to the hunting of wild animals, from the lion to the hare. This edition is equipped with extensive zoological and ichthyological notes.

This volume also includes the extant work of two epic poets of Egypt who wrote in the second half of the fifth century under the influence of Nonnus. The Rape of Helen of Colluthus in 394 lines is a pleasant account of the Judgement of Paris and Helen’s elopement with him; Tryphiodorus (papyri reveal the correct spelling to be Triphiodorus) deals with The Taking of Troy in 691 lines, beginning with the Wooden Horse and ending with the sacrifice of Polyxena.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674992412
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	01/01/1928
Series:	Loeb Classical Library , #219
Edition description:	4th printing/1st pub.1928
Pages:	720
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 6.38(h) x 1.40(d)
Language:	Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Table of Contents

Preface

Oppian:

Introduction—

I. The Authorship of the Poems

II. Zoology before Oppian

III. Hunting, Fishing, Fowling

IV. On the Identification of Certain Fishes

V. Some Animal Idiosyncrasies

IV. Analyses

VII. Bibliography

Cynegetica, Or The Chase—

Book I

Book II

Book III

Book IV

Halieutica, Or Fishing—

Book I

Book II

Book III

Book IV

Book V

Classified Zoological Catalogue

General Index

Colluthus:

Introduction—

I. The Life of Colluthus

II. The Text

Bibliography

The Rape Of Helen

Tryphiodorus:

Introduction—

I. The Life of Tryphiodorus

II. The Manuscripts

III. Bibliography

The Taking Of Ilios

Index Of Proper Names In Colluthus and Tryphiodorus