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New. 1853995282. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, PRISTINE, NEVER OPENED-256 pages--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. ----TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface * Introduction * I. The Life of Nicander * II. The Text * III. Scholia, Commentaries, and Translations * IV. The Subject-matter of the Poems * A. Zoology * i. Reptiles * ii. Frogs and Toads * iii. Fish * iv. Scorpions and Spiders * v. Insects, etc. * B. Botany * Text and Translations * Sigla * Theriaca * Alexipharmaca * Fragments * Notes * Appendixes * I. The botanical drawings in? * II. Weights and measures * III. Books and papers relating to Nicander * Indexes * I. Fauna, Flora, etc. * II. Index to Introduction and Notes * A. Greek * B. English--with a bonus offer--