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CONTENTSPAGRPreface^^*Introduction 3GREEK AND ROMAN FISHINGCHAPTER ,\. Homer. Position of Fishermen 03II. Homer. Methods of <strong>Fishing</strong> 74III. Contest between Homer and Hesiod. Homer's Death . 86IV. The Dolphin. Herodotus. The Ichthyophagi. TheTunny 9°V. Plato. Aristotle <strong>the</strong> First-Scale Reader. Senses ofFish 106VI. Characteristics of Fishermen in Greece and Rome.Deities of <strong>Fishing</strong> 116VII. Theocritus, The Greek Epigrammatists . . . . i33VIII. The Two Plinys. Martial. Was <strong>the</strong> Rod Jointed? . 141IX. The First Mention of a Fly 152X. The Scarus. The First Notice, "<strong>Fishing</strong> Prohibited" . 159XI. Plutarch : Charge against Him of contemning <strong>Fishing</strong>False. Cleopatra's <strong>Fishing</strong>. Oppian. The Torpedofor Gout. A<strong>the</strong>n/eus 169XII. ^lian. The Macedonian Invention, or <strong>the</strong> FirstMention of an Artificial Fly 185XIII. AusoNius. Salmo. Salar and Fario, First Mention of<strong>the</strong> Pike in Classical Literature 194XIV. Infatuation for Fish. Extravagant Prices. CostlyEntertainments. Vitellius. Cleopatra. Apicius.Cooks.Sauces 201

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