“ A third poem on bird-catching (Ixeutica, from ίξός, bird-lime) , also formerly attributed to an Oppian, is lost; a paraphrase in Greek prose by a certain Eutecnius is extant. The author is probably one Dionysius, who is mentioned by Suïdas as the author of a treatise on stones (Lithiaca) .
The chief modern editions are J. G. Schneider (1776) ; F. S. Lehrs (1846) ; U. C. Bussemaker (Scholia, 1849) ”

“ His poem on fishing (Halieutica) , of about 3500 lines, dedicated to Aurelius and his son Commodus, is still extant. (2) Oppian of Apamea (or Pella) in Syria. His extant poem on hunting (Cynegetica) is dedicated to the emperor Caracalla, so that it must have been written after 211. It consists of about 2150 lines, and is divided into four books, the last of which seems incomplete. The author evidently knew the Halieutica, and perhaps intended his poem as a supplement. Like his namesake, he shows considerable knowledge of his subject and close observation of nature ”

“ The anonymous biography referred to above will be found in A. Westermann’s Biographi Graeci (1845) . On the subject generally see A. Martin, Études sur la vie et les œuvres d’Oppien de Cilicie (1863) ; A. Ausfeld, De Oppiano et scriptis sub ejus nomine traditis (1876) . ”