OPPIAN 



Mullet; 443-481 Melanurus ; 482-528 Grey Mullet 

 (K£o-Tp€us); 529-575 Sword-fish; 576-619 Mackerel, 

 Tunny, Needle-fish, Dentex ; 620-648 Tunny. 



Bk. IV. 1-10 Fishes captured through love of their 

 kind ; 11-39 Address to Love (Eros) ; 40-126 Parrot- 

 wrasse ; 127-146 Grey Mullet (Kcc^aAos) ; 147-171 

 Cuttle-fish; 172-241 Merle-wrasse and Thrush-wrasse; 

 242-263 Dog-fishes; 264-307 Poulpes ; 308-403 

 Sargues ; 404-436 Hippurus ; 437-438 Pilot-fish ; 439- 

 449 Squid ; 450-467 Eel ; 468-503 Aphya ; 504-592 

 Pelamyds ; 593-615 Divers catch Sargue ; 6l6-634 

 Divers catch Sciaena ; 635-646 Weel, Hook, Net, 

 Trident, Burning the water ; 647-693 Poisoning the 

 water. 



Bk. V. 1-45 Prooemium ; 46-357 Sea-monsters; 

 Whale-guide (67-108); Whale-hunting (109 AT.); 

 358-364 Lamia (Lamna) ; 365-375 Dog-fishes; 376- 

 391 Seal ; 392-415 Turtles; 416-588 Dolphin, Legends 

 of; 589-597 Testaceans ; 598-611 Purple-shells; 612- 

 674 Sponge-fishers ; 675-680 Epilogue. 



VIL Bibliography 

 1. Editions op Oppian 



1. Editio princeps. Greek Text of Hal. and Cyn., with 



Lat. verse rendering of Hal. by Laurentius Lippius, 

 Aid., Venice, 1517. 



2. Oppiani de Venatione libri IV., Parisiis apud Vasco- 



sanum, 1549. 

 8. Oppiani Anazarbei de Piscatu libri V., de Venatione 



libri IV., Parisiis, 1555, apud Turnebum. 

 4. Oppiani Poetae Cilicis de Venatione lib. IV., de 

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