Fishing from the Earliest TimesPart 2 — GREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]Reading editionChapter navigation52 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterPREFACEPART IPART IIGREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]Chapter I · HOMER—THE POSITION OF FISHERMENChapter II · HOMER—METHODS OF FISHINGChapter III · THE CONTEST BETWEEN HOMER AND HESIOD—HOMER’S DEATHChapter IV · THE DOLPHIN—HERODOTUS—THE ICHTHYOPHAGI—THE TUNNYChapter VChapter VI · CHARACTERISTICS OF FISHERMEN IN GREECE AND ROME—POVERTY “THE BADGE OF ALL OUR TRIBE”—DEITIES OF FISHINGChapter VII · THEOCRITUS—THE GREEK EPIGRAMMATISTSChapter VIII · THE TWO PLINYS—MARTIAL—WAS THE ROD JOINTED?Chapter IX · THE FIRST MENTION OF A FLYChapter XChapter XIChapter XIIChapter XIII · AUSONIUS—SALMO, SALAR AND FARIO—FIRST MENTION OF THE PIKEChapter XIVChapter XV · FISH IN SACRIFICES—PICKLED FISH—VIVARIA OF OYSTERS, ETC.—ARCHIMEDESChapter XVI · LEGAL REGULATIONS OF ROME AS REGARDS FISHINGChapter XVIIChapter XVIII · THE NINE FISH MOST HIGHLY PRIZEDChapter XIX · FISH IN MYTHS, SYMBOLS, DIET, AND MEDICINEChapter XX · DIOCLETIAN’S EDICT, 301 A.D.—PRICES OF FISH AND OTHER ARTICLES THEN AND NOWChapter XXI · DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ROMAN AND MODERN PISCICULTUREChapter XXII · THE RING OF HELENEGYPTIAN FISHINGChapter XXIII · “THE NILE IS EGYPT”Chapter XXIV · TACKLEChapter XXV · ABSTENTION FROM FISHChapter XXVI · SACRED FISHChapter XXVII · FISHERIES—ATTEMPTED CORRELATION OF THE PRICE OF FISH THEN AND NOW—SPAWNINGChapter XXVIII · FISHING WITH THE HAIR OF THE DEADChapter XXIX · THE RING OF POLYCRATESASSYRIAN FISHING[888]Chapter XXX · NO ROD, ALTHOUGH CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPTChapter XXXI · FISHING METHODSChapter XXXII · THE EARLIEST RECORDED CONTRACT OF FISHINGChapter XXXIII · FISH-GODS—DAGONChapter XXXIV · THE LEGENDS OF ADAPA, AND OF THE FLOODChapter XXXV · FISH—VIVARIA—THE FIRST INSTANCE OF POACHINGChapter XXXVI · FISH IN OFFERINGS, AUGURIES, ETC.Chapter XXXVII · THE FIGHT BETWEEN MARDUK AND TIĀMATJEWISH FISHING[997]Chapter XXXVIII · ROD NOT EMPLOYED IN SPITE OF CLOSE INTERCOURSE WITH EGYPT— REASONS SUGGESTED FOR ABSENCEChapter XXXIX · FISH WITH AND WITHOUT SCALES—METHODS OF FISHING—VIVARIAChapter XL · ICHTHYOLATRY IMPROBABLE—FISH NOT IN SACRIFICES OR AUGURIESChapter XLI · THE FISH OF TOBIAS—DEMONIC POSSESSIONChapter XLII · THE FISH OF MOSES—JONAH—SOLOMON’S RINGChapter XLIII · “PLUS UN PAYS PRODUIT DES POISSONS, PLUS IL PRODUIT D’HOMMES”INDEXPrevious chapter ←PART IINext chapter →Part 2 — Chapter I · HOMER—THE POSITION OF FISHERMENAll chapters and sections (52)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsPREFACEParts12Part 2 · Other sectionsGREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]Part 2 · Chapters12345678910111213141516171819202122Part 2 · Other sectionsEGYPTIAN FISHINGPart 2 · Chapters23242526272829Part 2 · Other sectionsASSYRIAN FISHING[888]Part 2 · Chapters3031323334353637Part 2 · Other sectionsJEWISH FISHING[997]Part 2 · Chapters383940414243Part 2 · Other sectionsINDEXGREEK AND ROMAN FISHING.[122]Notes in this chapterNote 1 · For several reasons I have anachronously placed this section first instead of last.← PART IICHAPTER I HOMER—THE POSITION OF FISHERMEN →