Nicander: Poems - (Classic Commentaries) Annotated by A Gow & A Scholfield & Nicander (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br><p>Medicine, zoology, botany and minerology are the themes of Nicander's two extant poems of the Hellenistic period. Fragments of other poems also survive, and these had an influence on later poets, notably Virgil and Ovid. This translated edition was first published in 1953 and is fully annotated.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>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.</p>
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