Arrian on Coursing: The Cynegeticus of the Younger Xenophon, Translatd from the Greek, with Classical and Practical Annotations, and a Brief Sketch of the Life and Writings of the Author. To which is Added an Appendix, Containing Some Account of the Canes Venatici of Classical Antiquity |
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Ælian Æneid Anazarbus ancient animals antiquity Arrian atque Bargæi bellicosi bitch breed Cæsar Canes Venatici Canibus canine Canis canum catuli Celtic hound Celts CHAP chapter chase Chasse classic Conrad Gesner courser coursing Cretan cursu Cyneget Cynegeticus Darcii Diana Dianæ dogs elder Xenophon ferarum feras Fouilloux Gervase Markham Gratii Cyneg Gratius Greek greyhound hare Hist hunting Iliad Julius Pollux kennel kúves latter leash Mayster of Game Metagon Metam modern Molossi Molossian Natalis Comes Nemesian Oppian Ovid Plutarch poet puppies quæ quàm quod reader sagaces Savary says scent Spartan speed sport sportsmen Strabo sunt tamen translation varieties Venat Venatione Vertragus vestigia VIII Vlitius Wase Xenophon αἱ γὰρ δὲ εἰ ἐκ ἐν ἐπὶ καὶ κύνας κύνες κυνῶν κύων μὲν μὴ οἱ οὐ οὐκ πρὸς τὰ τὰς τε καὶ τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ τοὺς τῷ τῶν ὑπὸ
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Page 280 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
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Page 261 - Ulysses, nourish'd at his board, But, ah! not fated long to please his lord; To him, his swiftness and his strength were vain; The voice of glory call'd him o'er the main. Till then in every sylvan chase renown'd, With Argus, Argus, rung the woods around; With him the youth pursued the goat or fawn, Or traced the mazy leveret o'er the lawn.
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Page 281 - O'er his broad back bends in an ample arch. On shoulders clean, upright and firm he stands : His round...