CYNEGETICA, III. 15-41 



devising of the god Cronus they exchanged their 

 human shape and put upon them the form '^ of Lions, 

 thenceforth by the boon of Zeus they greatly lord 

 it over the ^^^ld beasts which dwell upon the hills, 

 and under the yoke they draw the terrible swift car 

 of Rhea who lightens the pangs of birth. 



Various are the tribes of them and each species 

 has its owTx form. Those which by the waters of a 

 noisy river, even beside the broad stream of the 

 Tigris, are bred by Armenia, mother of archers, and 

 by the land of the Parthians, rich in tilth and pasture, 

 are yellow-haired and not so vahant. They have a 

 stouter neck and a large head, bright eyes and high and 

 bushy brows, ample and lowering over the nose. From 

 neck and jaws springs on either side luxuriant hair. 



Those again which the bountiful land of the 

 Erembi ^ rears — the land which the tribes of mortal 

 men call Fortunate'' — these also have shaggy neck 

 and breast, and flashes of fire hghten from their 

 eyes, and they are handsome above all ; but of 

 these the infinite earth hath but a scanty breed. 



But a great throng of mighty Lions roar in the 

 goodly land of thirsty Libya — no longer shaggy these 

 but a thin sheen runs over them. Terrible are they 

 of face and neck, and on all their limbs they bear a 

 blackish hue stained with dark blue. The strength 

 in their Umbs is limitless, and the Libyan Lions 

 greatly lord it over the lordly Lions. 



iprifiov X'^po-^ 'Apa^ia to<tovto 5ia<p^p(i TOLvrri^ uxrre 5ia to irXrjdos 

 tQv iv ainry <pvoiJ.4v(iJv KapirQv re Kai tQiv 6.W11IV afaddiv fvdaifJLOva 

 'Apa^iav irpocayopevdrivai ; Solin. xxxiii. 4 banc Arabiam Graeci 

 Eudaemonem, nostri Beatam nominaverunt ; Amm. M. xxiii. 

 6. 4.5 Arabes beati, ideo sic appellati quod frugibus iuxta 

 et fetibus et palmite odorumque suavitate multiplici sunt 

 locupletes. 



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