Oppian's Halieutica : charting a didactic epic /

Oppian's Halieutica : charting a didactic epic /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Kneebone, Emily, author.
Imprint:	Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. ©2020
Description:	1 online resource ( xi, 455 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Greek culture in the Roman world Greek culture in the Roman world.
Subject:	Oppian, -- active 2nd century. -- Halieutica. Halieutica (Oppian) Didactic poetry, Greek -- History and criticism. Fishes in literature. Fishing in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature. Didactic poetry, Greek. Fishes in literature. Fishing in literature. Human-animal relationships in literature.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12449283

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ISBN:	9781108892728 1108892728 9781108840835 9781108744041 9781108896504 1108896502 1108744044 9781108744041 1108840833
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2020).
Other form:	Print version: Kneebone, Emily. Oppian's Halieutica Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108840835

Table of Contents:

Introduction : on fishing
Didactic poetry. Didactic epic
Knowledge and pleasure
Mapping the sea
Morality at sea. Guile
Greed
Lust
Humans and animals. Epic similes
Analogical animals
Humans and other animals
The world is a sea. Locating monsters
An empire of fish.