Oppian of Apamea
Also known as Oppian, Pseudo-Oppian, Oppien, d'Apamée, Oppian, der Jüngere, Oppianus, Apamensis, Oppian, of Pella, Ps.-Oppian
Pseudo-Oppian (, Oppianós; ), sometimes referred to as Oppian of Apamea or Oppian of Syria, was a Greco-Syrian poet during the reign of the emperor Caracalla. His work, a Greek didactic epic poem on hunting called the Cynegetica (), has been erroneously ascribed to Oppian of Anazarbus. The real name of Pseudo-Oppian is not known.
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- Oppianou kynegetika kai alieutika [romanized] = Oppiani Cynegetica et Halieutica
- Viri clariss. Adriani Turnebi ... Opera
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- Oppian, Colluthus, Tryphiodorus, with an English translation by A.W. Mair
· 1928 · cited 5x
- Cynegetica, or The Chase
· 1928 · cited 1x
- Halieutica, or Fishing
· 1928
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Pseudo-Oppian (, Oppianós; ), sometimes referred to as Oppian of Apamea or Oppian of Syria, was a Greco-Syrian poet during the reign of the emperor Caracalla. His work, a Greek didactic epic poem on hunting called the Cynegetica (), has been erroneously ascribed to Oppian of Anazarbus. The real name of Pseudo-Oppian is not known.
==Biography== There are only a few facts that can be established about the author of the Cynegetica. The poem is dedicated to the reigning emperor, Caracalla, and his mother, Julia Domna. The absence of any reference to Caracalla's brother and co-emperor Geta has led scholars to assume that the Cynegetica postdates Geta's death in 211. The Cynegetica can thus be dated somewhere between 212 and Caracalla's death in 217. Caracalla's visit to Syria in 215 may have been the occasion for the poem's composition. He also claims to have personally seen a black lion that was being sent to the emperor.