---
name: Oppian Lives
name_greek: Ὀππιανοῦ Βίοι
eul_aid: qvi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/oppian-lives-qvi"
period: Roman
dialect: Mixed Dialects
works_count: 4
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Oppian Lives

*Ὀππιανοῦ Βίοι*

**eul_aid:** `qvi` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/oppian-lives-qvi)

Oppian Lives is a biographical text from the Roman era, containing four surviving prose sections. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Life of Oppian (Version A)](https://eulogikon.org/works/oppian-life-qvi-ac) — *Βίτα Ὀππιανοῦ (Βίτα α)* · `qvi-ac`
- [Life of Oppian (Version B)](https://eulogikon.org/works/oppian-life-qvi-ad) — *Βίτα Ὀππιανοῦ (β)* · `qvi-ad`
- [Life of Oppian of Anazarbus](https://eulogikon.org/works/oppian-life-qvi-aa) — *Βίος Ὀππιανοῦ Ἀναζαρβοῦ* · `qvi-aa`
- [Life of Tzetzes](https://eulogikon.org/works/oppian-life-of-tzetzes-qvi-ab) — *Βίος Τζέτζου* · `qvi-ab`

## License and provenance

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