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APPENDIX. 



Plutarch, 

 in Araatorio. 



But it must not be forgotten that a competitor for the glory of these, 

 and other like discoveries, is mentioned by Phitarch, in Amatorio, 

 and by Nonnus, in Dionysiacis, in the person of Arista^us — ev^ovTai 

 b"Api(TTai(i) boXovrres opvyfxam Ka\ jSpo'^^oisXvkovs Kal apKTOvs, os npioTOS 

 diipeaaiv errrt^e Trobriypas: — indeed, if we may credit the Christian poet 

 of Panopolis, the sire of the hapless Actajon is entitled to the inven- 

 tion of almost every article of hunting-gear, the dresses of sportsmen, 

 initiation of hounds of chase, &c. — of many of which he has been 

 deprived by less rightful claimants : 



Nonni in 

 Dionys. L. v. 



Kilvos avijp irpciriffTos oplSpofios a\(j.ari rapau>v 

 evpe <pi\oaKoirf\oio irdvov KefiaSoffaSov i/yp-qs, 

 ■Kois voepif) fxvKTript irapa acpvpa (popfidSos v\7]s 

 dripos aar)ndvTOio kvwv fiavreierai oSfi^v, 

 vpdLU o^vKeKevOov iirl Zpdjxov ovara reivwf 

 Kal SoAiTjy SeSctrj/ce iroXvirKoKa d'lKTva rexftis, 

 Kal araX'iKwv tvttov opQ6v. k.t. A. 



Gratii Cyneg. 

 vs. 108. 



To the first-mentioned Arcadian worthy Gratius attributes the 

 earliest fashioning of hunting-spears with morce or guards. Virgil 

 sings of " lato venabula ferro," for close conflict ; and Gratius more 

 particularly adds, to the honour of Dercylus's armoury, the introduc- 

 tion of bitid spears : 



llle etiam valido primus venabula dente 

 Induit : et proni moderatus vulneris iram 

 Omne moris excepit onus. Turn stricta verutis 

 Dentibus et geminas subiere hastilia fuicas. 



But although the Arcadian formed the spear for pedestrian assault, 

 Oppian. Cyneg. ^^*^ Meleager was conspicuous in the use of it, — kv oTabioiaiv opeiore- 

 poiiTt fiuOoiaiv, — a more celebrated hero tirst wielded it in distant 

 jaculation on horseback : 



L. II. 22. 



Oppian. Cyneg. 

 L. II. 14. 



jTTiraAe'rjr 8' &ypr}v 6 <pae(T(p6pos evparu Kdcrrwp, 

 Kal Tobs iifv KaTiTri<pviv, firl aKonhv tdvs &kovti 

 PaWSfXfvos, Tovs 5' oSre Boois 'Itzttoktiv iKavi/wv 

 O^lpas eAe lv\6xoKn /leffrifiPpLVolo Spdfioio. 



— a style of hunting, which we may suppose to have been much 

 practised in the Boman empire by persons of noble rank, as Mont- 

 faucon gives several representations of it from the sepulchre of the 



