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The Poems and Poetical Fragments

Nicander of ColophonGow, A. S.(Volume editor)Schofield, A.F.(Volume editor)Scholfield, A. F.(Volume editor)
Part of the BCP Classic Commentaries on Greek and Latin Texts series
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Medicine, zoology, botany and mineralogy are the themes of Nicander's two extant poems of the Hellenistic period - "Theriaca" and "Alexipharmaca".

Fragments of other poems also survive, including some fairly substantial pieces of his "Georgica".

His didactic poetry, along with that of his approximate contemporary Aratus, had some influence on later poets, notably Virgil and Ovid.

This fully annotated English translation of Nicander's work was first published in 1953.

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Bristol Classical Press
1853995282 / 9781853995286
Paperback / softback
871.01
01/01/1998
United Kingdom
English
256p.
22 cm
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Reprint. This ed. originally published: 1953.