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of Apulciiis ; — here, the pastoral dogs of Varro (Geopon. L. xix. 

 c. I.) Froiito (Geopon. (L. xix. c. ii.) and Varro (De lie R. L. ii. 

 c. IX.) ;i — and here too those, in general, of the poet of Syracuse, the 

 canine guards of flocks and herds, so prettily alluded to, in the in- 

 stance of Lauipurus, by the goat-herd boy of the eighth Idylliuni, 



<^ei5ei» tSv ep'Kpuv, (pelSev, \vKe, ruiv TOKiiZuiv /lev, 

 ju7)5' aS'tKei n^, '6ti fnKKhs (uv iroWoicriv o/xaprfw. 

 S) hd[j.irovpe Kvuiv, ovrco fiadvs virvos ex^' '''" ; 

 ov xph KOifiacrOai fiadiais avv iraiol vefiotna . , . 



Theocrit. Idyll. 

 VIII. 63. 



and the milk-fattened ban-dog of Claudian, 



sic pastor obesum 

 Lacte canem ferroque ligat, pascitque revinctum, 

 Dum validus servare gregem, vigilique rapaces 

 Latratu terrere lupos, Stc. 



Claudian. in 



Eutropium. 



L.I. 



The notices in Homer of these dogs are numerous; (see Iliad. 

 K. 183. fj.'. 302. p. 109.) and their watchfulness, as nightly centinels, 

 is sung in classic hexameters by the poet of Venusium : 



Uberior tamen est illis, et fortior inde 

 Laudis causa venit, moUi quod tempora somno 

 Pauca terunt, seu flaramigero det lumina curru 

 Phoebus, seu niveas agitat Latonia bigas, 

 Somnifero obliquum volvens jubar axe per orbem. 

 Sed vigili domino curil, raroque cadente 

 Lumine prospiciunt, et herilia murmure circum 

 Claustra freraunt, ne sint nocturne pervia furl, 

 Neve lupo, tut&que greges statione quiescant. 



J. Darcii 



Veniisini 

 Canes. 



Pitiscus tells us, on the authority of Eustathius, that it was cus- 



1. The answer of the Canls Pastoralis (ore (puvrjevra ^vra ^ua) to tlie dissatis- 

 fied sheep is beautifullj illustrative of his services in the economy of pastoral life: — iya> 

 ydp elfii 6 koI vfias avras d^wv, wcrre n-fjre inrep avdpunruv kKitrTeaQai, fii\re virh Xvkoov 

 aprrd^ecrdai' iirel vfiels ye, ei /ktj iyw Trpo<j)v\dTTOi^i vfias, ouS' t-v ve/xeaOai hvvaiade, 

 <pofiovjxevai fJLT] air6\T}<7d€ — thereby making good his claim to a share of his master's 

 food. 



Xenopbou 



Memorab. 



L. II. c. VII. 



