Oppian of Apamea

Oppian of Apamea (active later 2nd or early 3rd century CE) is the name given to the Greek poet of the Cynegetica, a didactic poem in verse on hunting that describes wild animals and the techniques of the chase. He is conventionally distinguished from the earlier Oppian of Cilicia, author of a poem on fishing, the two having long been confused in ancient and later tradition.