Oppian's Halieutica : charting a didactic epic / Emily Kneebone.
2020
PA4253.O7 K54 2020
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Title
Oppian's Halieutica : charting a didactic epic / Emily Kneebone.
Author
Kneebone, Emily, author.
ISBN
9781108892728 (electronic book)
1108892728 (electronic book)
9781108840835
9781108744041
9781108896504 (electronic book)
1108896502 (electronic book)
1108744044 (electronic book)
9781108744041
1108840833
1108892728 (electronic book)
9781108840835
9781108744041
9781108896504 (electronic book)
1108896502 (electronic book)
1108744044 (electronic book)
9781108744041
1108840833
Published
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Copyright
©2020
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 455 pages)
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PA4253.O7 K54 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification
883/.01
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2020).
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ProQuest (Firm)
Series
Greek culture in the Roman world.
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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.
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.