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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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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Poems and Poetical Fragments
• Author: Nicander of Colophon
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• EAN: 9781853995286
• ISBN: 1853995282
• ID: 05113351
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 322 g
• Dimensions: 215 × 139 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1998

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