CYNEGETICA, I. 151^169 



arrow, swords " and axes * and hare-slaying trident,'' 

 bent hooks •* and lead-bound crooks, cord of twisted 

 broom '' and the well-woven foot-trap/ and ropes " 

 and net-stays'* and the many-meshed seine.* 



As for Horses, let them bring to the hunt proud 

 stallions ; not only because mares are inferior in 

 speed for accomplishing a long course in the woods 

 but also because it is needful to avoid the amorous 

 passion of SA^ift-footed horses and to keep mares 

 far away, lest in their amorous desire they neigh 

 and, hearing, the wild beasts incontinently ^ betake 

 them to chilly flight — fawns and swift gazelles ^ and 

 timid hare.' 



Various are the tribes of horses, even as the count- 

 less races of men, the diverse tribes of mortals that 

 live by bread. Nevertheless I will declare which are 

 the best among them all, which are foremost in the 

 companies of horses ; to wit, the Tuscan,*" Sicilian," 



* Lat. sagena, verricultim, a large sweep-net ; more 

 usually of the fisherman's drag-net (0pp. H. iii, 81). Cf. 

 aayrivevo} (Herod, iii. 149, vi. 31 ; Plato, Legff. 698 d) of 

 "rounding up" the inhabitants of a country (procedure 

 described Herod, vi. 31 and Plato I.e.). 



* ddr]u- avrapKQi, Sa\I/i\ws (schol.); cf. Hesych. dS-rjv dOpowi, 

 i^ai4n'r]i, 5a\f/i.\u)s. aiovr avdriv K, Boudreaux, perhaps 

 rightly. Dual for plural is common in late epic. 



* Assuming that dopKaXii {cf. 441) means the same as 

 S6pK0i C. ii. 1-2, 315 ff., 405, 4^8, iii. 3, iv. 439 ff. {cf. xdpSaXty, 

 Tdp8ot) we may suppose that this is Aristotle's 5opKa.s {H.A. 

 499 a 9; Depart, an. 663 a II, 663 b 27), prob. Antilope dorcas. 

 Gazelle. 



' Hor. Epod. ii. 35 pavidumque leporem. 



"* "Down to modern times Tuscany, Ancona, and the 

 region of Bologna have been noted for fine breeds of black 

 horses " (Ridgeway, p. 314). 



" Gratt. 534 Possent Aetnaeas utinam se ferre per arces. 

 Qui Indus Siculis; Arr. C. -23 Scythian and Illyrian horses 

 are not, to look at, comparable IVTrij QeaaaXiKi^ ^ ZtxeXc^. 



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