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silent and hush all their noise. Sheep even when 

 dead shudder at a dead Wolf. This marvel <* also I 

 have heard about the spotted Hyenas, to vrit that 

 the male and female change year by year, and one 

 is now a weak-eyed bridegroom all eager to mate 

 and anon appears as a lady bride, a bearer of children, 

 and a goodly mother. 



But five in number are the grey-haired breeds of 

 Wolves, and herdsmen, whose bitter foes the wolf- 

 tribes are, have remarked their different forms. 

 First there is that which they call the bold Archer. 

 Tawny is all his body, and his rounded hmbs and head 

 and swift limbs are larger far. The belly is light- 

 coloured -with grey spots. Terribly he howls and 

 very high he leaps, ever shaking his head and glaring 

 with fiery eyes. 



Another again is superior in size and long of limb, 

 s's^iftest in speed ^ among all Wolves that are ; him 

 men name the Hawk and the Harrier. With much 

 din he fares forth in the early morning to seek his 

 prey at the first gUmmering of dawn ; for he easily 

 becomes anhungered. Silvery gleams his colour on 

 ribs and tail. He dwells on the high "^ hills ; but 

 when in the winter season the chilly snow pours from 

 the clouds and covers the hills., then doth the deadly 

 beast draw nigh even to the city, having clothed 

 himself with utter shamelessness for the sake of 

 food ; and stealthily he approaches and very quietly 

 till he comes upon his prey, which speedily he seizes 

 in his sharp claws. 



* SiKa may be merely = 8xa (Horn.). 



* fiaKpA = high; cf. oCpea fiaKpa (Horn. //. xiii. 18, etc.), 

 d4v5p€a fxaKpd (Horn. //. ix. 5+1, etc.), fxaxpo^ 'OXi.ttTos (Horn. 

 //. XV. 193). So (SpaxiW = short of stature, Pind. /. vi. 44. 



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