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for the earth-goddess Hecate, it has its due portion among sacrifices that avert <strong>and</strong> expiate<br />

evil. In Sparta they immolate puppies to the bloodiest <strong>of</strong> the gods Enyalius; <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />

Boeotia the ceremony <strong>of</strong> public purification is to pass between the parts <strong>of</strong> a dog which<br />

has been cut <strong>in</strong> twa<strong>in</strong>.<br />

162<br />

Plutarch, <strong>The</strong>mistocles 10 A.D. I-II<br />

Text: K. Ziegler, ed., Plutarchi vitae parallelae I.1 (Leipzig, 1969).<br />

Translation: B. Perr<strong>in</strong>, ed., tr., Plutarch’s Lives II (London <strong>and</strong> New York, 1914).<br />

0Ekpleou&shj de\ th~j po&lewj toi=j me\n oi]kton to_ qe/ama, toi=j de\ qau~ma th~j to&lmhj<br />

parei=xe, genea_j me\n a1llh| propempo&ntwn, au)tw~n d' a)ka&mptwn pro_j oi0mwga_j<br />

kai\ da&krua gone/wn kai\ peribola_j diaperw&ntwn ei0j th_n nh~son. kai/toi polu_n me\n<br />

oi9 dia_ gh~raj u(poleipo&menoi tw~n politw~n e1leon ei]xon, h}n de/ tij kai\ a)po_ tw~n<br />

h(me/rwn kai\ suntro&fwn zw|&wn e0piklw~sa glukuqumi/a, met' w)rugh~j kai\<br />

po&qou sumparaqeo&ntwn e0mbai/nousi toi=j e9autw~n tr<strong>of</strong>eu~s<strong>in</strong>. e0n oi[j i9storei=tai<br />

ku&wn Canqi/ppou tou~ Perikle/ouj patro&j, ou)k a)nasxo&menoj th_n a)p' au)tou~<br />

mo&nws<strong>in</strong>, e0nale/sqai th|~ qala&tth| kai\ th|~ trih&rei paranhxo&menoj e0kpesei=n ei0j th_n<br />

Salami=na, kai\ lipoqumh&saj a)poqanei=n eu)qu&j: ou{ kai\ to_ deiknu&menon a1xri nu~n kai\<br />

kalou&menon Kuno_j sh~ma ta&fon ei]nai le/gousi.<br />

When the entire city was thus putt<strong>in</strong>g out to sea, the sight provoked pity <strong>in</strong> some, <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong><br />

others astonishment at the hardihood <strong>of</strong> the step; for they were send<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong>f their families<br />

<strong>in</strong> one direction, while they themselves, unmoved by the lamentations <strong>and</strong> tears <strong>and</strong><br />

embraces <strong>of</strong> their loved ones, were cross<strong>in</strong>g over to the isl<strong>and</strong> where the enemy was to be<br />

fought. Besides, many who were left beh<strong>in</strong>d on account <strong>of</strong> great age <strong>in</strong>vited pity also,<br />

<strong>and</strong> much affect<strong>in</strong>g fondness was shown by the tame domestic animals, which ran along<br />

with yearn<strong>in</strong>g cries <strong>of</strong> distress by the side <strong>of</strong> their masters as they embarked. A story is<br />

told <strong>of</strong> one <strong>of</strong> these, the dog <strong>of</strong> Xanthippus the father <strong>of</strong> Pericles, how he could not<br />

endure to be ab<strong>and</strong>oned by his master, <strong>and</strong> so sprang <strong>in</strong>to the sea, swam across the strait<br />

by the side <strong>of</strong> his master’s trireme, <strong>and</strong> staggered out on Salamis, only to fa<strong>in</strong>t <strong>and</strong> die<br />

straightway. <strong>The</strong>y say that the spot which is po<strong>in</strong>ted out to this day as “Dog’s Mound” is<br />

his tomb.<br />

Polemon, fr. 77 Preller (Epistle Concern<strong>in</strong>g Obscure Words) II B.C.<br />

See Athenaeus 9.409d [75].<br />

163<br />

Pollux, Onomasticon 5.38 A.D. II<br />

Text: E. Bethe, ed., Pollucis Onomasticon (Lexicographi Graeci IX) I (Leipzig, 1900,<br />

1931; repr. Stuttgart, 1967).<br />

Translation: D. B. Hull, Hounds <strong>and</strong> Hunt<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> Ancient <strong>Greece</strong> (Chicago <strong>and</strong> London,<br />

1964).<br />

407

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