CYNEGETICA, I. 71-92 



Sea-monster to the Elephant ? Hunters kill Wolves, 

 fishermen kill Tunnies ; the hunter with his net 

 takes Sheep, the fowler -with his reeds takes Doves ; 

 the hunter ^Wth his hounds takes the Bear, the angler 

 takes the Mormyrus"; the mounted hunter takes 

 the Tiger, the fisher \vith his trident takes the Red 

 Mullet * ; the tracker takes the Boar, the fowler with 

 his birdhme takes the Nightingale. But thou, Nereus, 

 and ye godsof Amphitrite and the choir of Dryads who 

 love the birds, grant me your grace! For now dear 

 themes of song invite me earnestly ; I, turning back," 

 proceed to sing to the gods of the chase. 



First, give me young men who are not over-stout.'' 

 For the hunter must mount ^ the noble horse amid 

 the rocks and anon must leap a ditch. And often in 

 the woods must he with light feet and nimble limbs 

 pursue the wild beast. Therefore let them not be 

 stout who come to the warfare of the chase, nor 

 yet over-lean ; for at times the keen hunter must 

 contend with warlike wild beasts. So I would have 

 them bear a body tempered thus — both swift to run 

 and strong to fight. And in the right hand let them 

 brandish two ^ long javelins and have a hunting-bill' at 



So of the war-horse Xen. Eq. 3. 7 rdtppovs 8iairr)dav, reixia 

 inrfp^alvetv, iv' 6xOovs avopovav, air' 6x0i^y KaddWeaOai ; Arr 

 Tact. 44. 2 Kai Td<f>pov de diairrjddv fifXeruxxiv avrois ol ittttoi 

 Kai Teixi-ov virepdWeaOai. 



' dfjicf>i.d.' diKporepwOev KoirTdiv schol., but 5i/o Eutecii. rig^htl}^. 

 Cf. Horn. //. iii. 18 5o0p€ 5i'w: so x. 76, xii. 298, etc. Verg. 

 Aen. i. 3i3 = xii. 165 Bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro ; 

 ef. V. 557, xii. 488 ; Xen. Cyr. i. -2. 9 TraXra ovo, wore to fiev 

 iupeivai, ti^ 5e', hv 8(t], ck xf'pos XPV*^^"-'- 



' Cf. V. 63 ; Xen. C. 2. 9 Kai rd Bpfrrava, tva 3 ttjs vXrji 

 T^fivovra (ppdrreiv ra deofjieva ; Gratt. 343 et ciirvae rurapant 

 non pervia fak-es ; Poll. v. 19 dpeirava de ottujj et 5eoi t^s v\r]s 

 Ti Ko^f/ai eis Trjv tCiv dpK'uwv dKuXvrov crTdcnv virdpxoi. rd Speirava. 



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