Note 167 — Chapter II · HOMER—METHODS OF FISHING

Later on it is true we do find the Roman “burgher” becoming also an amateur angler, and gentlefolk, including ladies and children, taking freely to the sport. Piscator is generally used in reference to those who were fishermen by trade, whereas venator and auceps may be likewise applied to mere lovers of hunting and fowling (H. Blümner, Die römischen Privataltertümer, Munich, 1911).