''Cynegeticus'', ''Cynegetica'' or ''Cynegeticon'' (Gr. ''Κυνεγετικά'') is the title of several works about hunting, particularly with dogs, from antiquity:
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Cynegetica'' by Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus (283/284 CE)
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Cynegeticon Liber
Grattius (or Gratius) Faliscus was a Roman poet who flourished during the life of Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD). He is known as the author of a ''Cynegetica'', a poem on hunting.
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'' by Gratius Faliscus, from the Augustan period (63 BCE – 14 CE)
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''Cynegeticus'' by Oppian of Apamea, dated after 211 CE
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Cynegeticus
''Cynegeticus'' (, ''Kynegetikos'' "related to hunting" from κυνηγέω "I hunt"), is a treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher and military leader Xenophon, usually translated as "On Hunting" or "Hunting with Dogs."
It is one of the fou ...
'' by Oppian of Anazarbus, from the 2nd century CE (during the reign of the
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Marcus Aurelius
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Commodus
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Cynegeticus
''Cynegeticus'' (, ''Kynegetikos'' "related to hunting" from κυνηγέω "I hunt"), is a treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher and military leader Xenophon, usually translated as "On Hunting" or "Hunting with Dogs."
It is one of the fou ...
'' by Arrian (c. 86 – 160 CE)
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Cynegeticus
''Cynegeticus'' (, ''Kynegetikos'' "related to hunting" from κυνηγέω "I hunt"), is a treatise by the ancient Greek philosopher and military leader Xenophon, usually translated as "On Hunting" or "Hunting with Dogs."
It is one of the fou ...
'' by Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BCE)
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