CYNEGETICA, II. 87-109 



it was a deep-drawing ship <• that was going upon the 

 land. Yet are they kindly of spirit and familiar 

 with men, and whatsoever mortals bid them, they 

 obey with mildness. 



The Phrygian Bulls are notable in colour, yellow 

 and of the hue of fire. The neck is deeply fleshed, 

 and high and lofty are the coiled curls upon their 

 heads. Strange is the nature of their horns ; for 

 these are not fast fixed upon the powerful head, but 

 they move them * to and fro on either side. 



The Aonian*^ Bulls do not di\ide the hoof; a dappled 

 breed they are and with a single horn — a dread horn 

 which they project aloft from the midst of the 

 forehead. 



The Armenian Bulls have two horns, indeed, but 

 these curved of form, a dread bane Miih their 

 backward-bent points. 



The Syrian Bulls, the breed of the Chersonese,'' 

 pasture about high well-builded Pella ; tawny, strong, 

 great-hearted, broad of brow, dwellers of the field, 

 powerful, vahant of horn, wild of spirit, loud-bellow- 

 ing, fierce, jealous, abundant of beard, yet they are 

 not weighed down \\-ith fat and flesh of body, nor 

 again are they lean and weak ; so tempered are the 

 gifts they have from heaven — at once s\vift to run 

 and strong to fight. These are they which report 

 said Heracles, the mighty son of Zeus, when fulfilling 



* This should mean Boeotian (so the schol.), but it seems 

 clear that there is some error. According to A. 499 b 18 

 fiovoKfpara /cat fnvvvxo- 0X170 oioy 6 'IvSikos 8»'05 ; Plin. viii. 76 

 In India [Ctesias scribit esse] et boves solidis ungulis 

 unicornes ; Solin. Hi. 38 sunt praeterea [in India] boves 

 unicornes et tricornes solidis ungulis nee bifissis. 



■* Chersonese and Pella were old names for Apamea on 

 the Orontes in Syria ; Strab, 7o2. See Introd. p. xix. 



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