CYNEGETICA, I. 418-443 



like unto high-crested mountain peaks. Somewhat 

 flat-nosed of face they are, and dread are their 

 bended brows above and fiery their eyes, flashing 

 with grey " hght ; all their hide is shaggy, the body 

 strong, the back broad. They are not s\^'ift, but 

 they have abundant spirit and genuine strength un- 

 speakable and dauntless courage. Array then for 

 the hunt such breeds of warlike dogs, which put to 

 flight all manner of beasts. But as to colour,* both 

 white and black are bad exceedingly ; for they are 

 not readily able to bear the might of the sun nor 

 the rage of the sno^\'y winter season. Among all 

 dogs those are the best whose colour is like that of 

 ravenous wild beasts, sheep-slaying wolves or wind- 

 swift tigers or foxes and s\vift leopards, or those 

 which have the colour of Demeter's^ yellow corn ; for 

 these are very s\vift and strong. 



If now prudent dog-breeding is thy care, never 

 suckle whelps on the fresh breast of goats or sheep 

 nor domestic dogs •* — for they will be sluggish and 

 feeble and hea\y — but on the breast of deer or tame 

 lioness or gazelle or she-wolf that roams by night ; 

 for so shalt thou make them strong and swift ex- 

 ceedingly, Uke unto their milky foster-mothers them- 

 selves. 



« ^avdi) Ai]fj.i^7]p (Horn. //. V. 500) = flava Ceres (Verg. G. 

 i. 96). The name of the goddess is a common metonomy 

 for corn : Verg. G. i. -2S7 At rubicunda Ceres medio suc- 

 ciditur aestu ; Mart. iii. 5. 6 Hie farta premitur angulo 

 Ceres omni; Gratt. 398 Blauditur mensis Cereremque 

 e£3agibat ore; Nemes. 161 Interdumque cibo Cererem 

 cum lacte ministra. C/. II. iii. 463, 484. 



** Xen. C. 7. 3 advises that puppies should be suckled 

 by their own mothers. Cf. Arr. C. 30. 1 f. For domestic 

 dogs cf. 473 n. 



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