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Be<strong>in</strong>g asked what k<strong>in</strong>d <strong>of</strong> hound he was, he replied, “When hungry, a Maltese; when full,<br />

a Molossian—two breeds which most people praise, though for fear <strong>of</strong> fatigue they do<br />

not venture out hunt<strong>in</strong>g with them.”<br />

83<br />

Dioscorides, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.734 III B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., <strong>The</strong> Greek Anthology III (London <strong>and</strong> New<br />

York, 1915; repr. 1925).<br />

Tau~re, ma&thn e0pi\ mo&sxon e0pei/geai: e1sti ga_r a1pnouj:<br />

a)lla& s' o( boupla&staj e0capa&thse Mu&rwn.<br />

In va<strong>in</strong>, bull, thou rushest up to this heifer, for it<br />

is lifeless. <strong>The</strong> sculptor <strong>of</strong> cows, Myron, deceived thee.<br />

84<br />

Diphylus, fr. 91 Kock IV/III B.C.<br />

Text: T. Kock, Comicorum Atticorum Fragmenta II (Leipzig, 1884).<br />

Translation: J. M. Edmonds, ed., tr., <strong>The</strong> Fragments <strong>of</strong> Attic Comedy III A (Leiden,<br />

1961).<br />

h4n ou)d' o( path_r e0fi/lhsen ou)depw&pote,<br />

par' h{j to_n a1rton h( ku&wn ou) lamba&nei,<br />

me/la<strong>in</strong>a d' ou3twj w3ste kai\ poiei=n sko&toj.<br />

This young miss is one <strong>of</strong> a k<strong>in</strong>d even father never kisses<br />

And house-dog won’t take crusts from,<br />

So dark she makes day night.<br />

Empedocles, fr. DK128 V B.C.<br />

See Porphyry, De Abst<strong>in</strong>entia 2.20-2.21 [166].<br />

(= <strong>The</strong>ophrastus, fr. 12 Pötscher, [155 Nauck 2 ]<br />

85<br />

Erechtheion, Acropolis, Athens V B.C.<br />

Text: IG I 3 . 474 (fr. II, col. I, 40-43)<br />

Translation: L. D. Caskey, “<strong>The</strong> Inscriptions,” <strong>in</strong> J. M. Paton, ed., <strong>The</strong> Erechtheum<br />

(Cambridge, Mass., 1927) 289.<br />

το̑ δὲ λοιπο̑ ἔργο ℎάπαντος<br />

ἐγ κύκλοι ἄρχει ℎο Ἐλευσινιακὸς<br />

370

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