APPENDIX. 



259 



"Apyos— not reducible within the pale of a general classification 

 foiuuKHl on geogiuphical distribution ; but he has evidently all the 

 characteristic qualities of a genuine Spartan, and I never heard of 

 any breed peculiar to Ithaca. 



"Apyos 'OSvacrrjos Ta\affi(ppovos, ov ha ttot' avrhs Odyss. L. xvii, 



/ ) . y t \ 292. 



Qpi^i /tec, ov^ anSvjyTo' irapos S eis \Kiov ipriv 



^X"'<'' '''^^ Se Trdpoidev ajivecTKOv vtoi ivSpes 



alyas eV ayporepas, r/Se wpSKas, TJ5e Xayccovs. 



Bred by Ulysses, nourish'd at his board J\°P^ ' 



, , Odyssey. 



But ah ! not fated long to please his lord ! jj_ x vii. 348. 



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 vs^oods around ; 



With him the youth pursued the goat or fawn, 



Or traced the mazy lev'ret o'er the lawn. 



The answer of Eumaeus, in which he fondly dilates on the prowess 

 of the old dog in the better days of his youth, throws farther light 

 on his supposed connexion with a Spartan kennel : 



01) fiiv yap Tj (piyeaKe /SaOeiijs fievOeaiv v\rjs Odyss. L. xvii. 



Kvd)Sa\ov '6tti l^oiTo' Koi ixfect yap TreptrfSr] ... * 



— evidently showing that he ran on sight of his game as well as scetit : 

 for the common reading 'iboiro is preferable to the Sioito of Eusta- 

 thius, and is followed by Pope in his inimitable translation : 



Oh ! had you seen him, vig'rous, bold and young, , Pope's 



Swift as a stag, and as a lion strong : „ ^ J' 



^' ° ' B. XVII. 3oO. 



Hira no fell savage on the plain withstood, 

 None 'scaped him, bosom'd in the gloomy wood ; 

 His eye how piercing, and his scent how true. 

 To wind the vapour in the tainted dew ! 



A Spartan huntsman might value such omnifarious qualifications ; 

 but we cannot allow such a hound, el S?) Kal raj^vs eaKe Oieiv, within 

 the precincts of a coursing kennel, where speed and keen-sightedness 

 are essential properties, according to the modern canons of the leash ; 

 but to stoop to " the tainted green " with the sagacity of a harrier. 



