Oppian
2nd-century Greco-Roman poet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with the later poet Pseudo-Oppian, who wrote didactic poetry on hunting. For the hill Rome, see Oppian Hill.
Oppian (Ancient Greek: Ὀππιανός, Oppianós; Latin: Oppianus), also known as Oppian of Anazarbus, of Corycus, or of Cilicia, was a 2nd-century Greco-Roman poet during the reign of the emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus, who composed the Halieutica, a five-book didactic epic on fishing.