Didactic poem · 1928

Cynegetica

The Chase

by Oppian

Translated by A. W. Mair (1928)

A didactic poem in four books on hunting: the hunter, his horses and hounds, and the wild beasts of the chase, addressed to the emperor Caracalla.

Contents · 4 parts

• Book I28 paragraphs
• Book II35 paragraphs
• Book III30 paragraphs
• Book IV15 paragraphs

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