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by Athena^is and Pollux, have been deemed identical by the Stagi- 

 rite ?' — To the tiger-cross of Irak, the compound epithet Xeoirojutyets 

 is applied by the learned grammarian just cited, as if the " fera 

 semina" of the first connexion were leonine. The ferocity of the 

 breed, contrasted with the timidity of the stag, affords an argument 

 to Lucretius against the Pythagorean doctrine of a promiscuous 

 transmigration of souls : 



Deipnosopb. 

 L. V. c. 8. 



Pollucis 



Onomast. 



L. V. c. V. 39. 



Quod si immOTtalis foret, et mutare soleret 

 Corpora, perniistis animaiites moribus essent: 

 EtFugeret canis Hyrcano de semine saepe 

 Cornigeri incursum cervi, &c. 



Lucretii 

 L. III. 748. 



By the archbishop of Thessalonica the Canes Hyrcani are men- 

 tioned amongst the cTr/cr/j/ua kwCjv yevr] of bis commentary on Homer 

 (ad Iliad, p.) but they are not found in either of the poems ; nor, 

 indeed, do I remember in the Iliad or Odyssey any dogs distinctively 

 marked by their geographical appellations. 



The plaintive wailing of the old nurse, Carme, over her daughter, 

 the nymph Britomartis, 



iWo(p6vov BpnSixapriv, ivcrKOWov ris wore MiVais 

 VTOi7]0iis vtt' fpani KaTeSpafiev ovpea Kp'jjrjjs, 



H. in Dian. 

 vs. 190. 



1 . The contiguity of India to Hyrcania, and the latter abounding with tigers, raay 

 be the cause of the same tale being told by Aristotle and Pliny of the tigri-canine 

 cross of India, as by Gratius of that of Hyrcania. Both are of course purely 

 fabulous. Whatever loss the fierce dog of Irak may occasion to pastoral property, 

 herds and flocks — be is still to be cherished for his superior prowess in the savage 

 hunt : — 



Sed prsece'ps virtus ipsii venabitur aula : 

 llle tibi et pecudum multo cum sanguine crescet ; 

 Pasce tanien, quaecunque domi tibi crimina fecit, 

 Excutiet silv^ magnus pugnator adepta. 



Gratii Cyneg. 

 vs. 1G7. 



The people of Hyrcania fostered their savage race of dogs for the express purpose, De curand. 



amongst others, of devouring the bodies of the dead — a practice noticed by Theodoret Grsc. affect, 



as being discontinued by them and the Caspians after their conversion to Chris- -q . * Sno 

 tianity. 



