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APPENDIX: TESTIMONIA<br />

Note to the reader: appendix numbers referr<strong>in</strong>g to the sources below appear <strong>in</strong> text <strong>in</strong><br />

boldface <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> brackets, e.g.: [1]. Inscriptions are listed alphabetically by provenance.<br />

When no translator is named, the render<strong>in</strong>g is my own.<br />

1<br />

Aelian, De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium 3.2 A.D. II-III<br />

Text: R. Hercher, ed., Claudii Aeliani. De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium Libri XVII. Varia Historia<br />

Epistolae Fragmenta I (Leipzig, 1864; repr. 1971).<br />

Translation: A. F. Scholfield, ed., tr., Aelian. On the Characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Animal</strong>s</strong> I<br />

(London <strong>and</strong> Cambridge, Mass., 1958).<br />

qumikw&tatoj de\ kunw~n Molosso&j, e0pei\ qumwde/statoi kai\ oi9 a1ndrej.<br />

Among hounds the Molossian is the most high-spirited, for the men <strong>of</strong> Molossia are hottempered.<br />

2<br />

Aelian, De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium 4.40 A.D. II-III<br />

Text: R. Hercher, ed., Claudii Aeliani. De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium Libri XVII. Varia Historia<br />

Epistolae Fragmenta I (Leipzig, 1864; repr. 1971).<br />

Translation: A. F. Scholfield, ed., tr., Aelian. On the Characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Animal</strong>s</strong> I<br />

(London <strong>and</strong> Cambridge, Mass., 1958).<br />

Kuno_j krani/on r(afh_n ou)k e1xei. dramw_n de\ e0pi\ple/on la&gnhj gi/netai, fasi/.<br />

kuno_j de\ ghrw~ntoj a)mblei=j oi9 o)do&ntej kai\ melai/nontai. eu1r<strong>in</strong>oj de/ e0st<strong>in</strong><br />

ou3twj w(j mh&pot' a2n o)ptou~ kunei/ou kre/wj mhd' a2n karukei/a| th|~ poikilwta&th|<br />

kai\ dolerwta&th| katagohteuqe/ntoj geu&sasqai.<br />

A dog’s skull has no suture. Runn<strong>in</strong>g, they say, makes a dog more lustful. In old age a<br />

dog’s teeth are blunt <strong>and</strong> turn black. He is so keen-scented that he will never touch the<br />

roasted flesh <strong>of</strong> a dog, be it bewitched by the subtlest <strong>and</strong> craftiest <strong>of</strong> rich sauces.<br />

3<br />

Aelian, De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium 7.38 A.D. II-III<br />

Text: R. Hercher, ed., Claudii Aeliani. De Natura <strong>Animal</strong>ium Libri XVII. Varia Historia<br />

Epistolae Fragmenta I (Leipzig, 1864; repr. 1971).<br />

Translation: A. F. Scholfield, ed., tr., Aelian. On the Characteristics <strong>of</strong> <strong><strong>Animal</strong>s</strong> II<br />

(London <strong>and</strong> Cambridge, Mass., 1959).<br />

An Athenian took with him a Dog as fellow-soldier to the battle <strong>of</strong> Marathon, <strong>and</strong> both<br />

are figured <strong>in</strong> a pa<strong>in</strong>t<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> the Stoa Poecile, nor was the Dog denied honor but received<br />

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