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le/gousi de\ ta_j me\n Lakai/naj e0c a)lwpe/kwn to_ a)rxai=on kai\ kunw~n genome/naj<br />

klhqh~nai a)lwpeki/daj, ta_j d' 9Urkana_j e0k kunw~n kai\ leo&ntwn, kai\ klhqh~nai<br />

leontomigei=j.<br />

<strong>The</strong>y say that the Laconians, orig<strong>in</strong>ally bred from foxes <strong>and</strong> dogs, were called<br />

“Vulp<strong>in</strong>es,” <strong>and</strong> the Hyrcanians were bred from dogs <strong>and</strong> lions <strong>and</strong> were called<br />

“Leon<strong>in</strong>es.”<br />

164<br />

Pollux, Onomasticon 5.39 A.D. II<br />

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

1931; repr. Stuggart, 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 />

w3sper kai\ ta_j Xaoni/daj kai\ Molotti/daj a)pogo&nouj ei]nai/ fhsi kuno&j, o4n<br />

3Hfaistoj e0k xalkou~ Dhmonhsi/ou xalkeusa&menoj, yuxh_n e0nqei/j, dw~ron e1dwke Dii\.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Chaonians <strong>and</strong> the Molossians are descendants <strong>of</strong> a dog which Hephaestus forged<br />

from Demonesian bronze, put a soul <strong>in</strong>to, <strong>and</strong> gave to Zeus.<br />

165<br />

Porphyry, De Abst<strong>in</strong>entia 1.14 A.D. III<br />

Text: A. Nauck, Porphyrii philosophi Platonici opuscula selecta (second ed.; Leipzig,<br />

1886; repr. Hildesheim, 1963).<br />

Translation: G. Clark, tr., Porphyry. On Abst<strong>in</strong>ence from Kill<strong>in</strong>g <strong><strong>Animal</strong>s</strong> (Ithaca, New<br />

York, 2000).<br />

dikai/ou d' o1ntoj tou~ pro_j ta_ qhri/a pole/mou pollw~n a)pexo&meqa tw~n<br />

sunanqrwpou&ntwn. o3qen oi9 3Ellhnej ou1te kun<strong>of</strong>agou~s<strong>in</strong> ou1q' i3ppouj e0sqi/ous<strong>in</strong><br />

ou1t' o1nouj.<br />

And though the war aga<strong>in</strong>st the beasts is just, we absta<strong>in</strong> from many that live with<br />

humans. That is why the Greeks do not eat dogs, or horses, or donkeys.<br />

166<br />

Porphyry, De Abst<strong>in</strong>entia 2.20-2.21 A.D. III<br />

(= Empedocles, fr. DK128).<br />

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

Text: A. Nauck, Porphyrii philosophi Platonici opuscula selecta (second ed.; Leipzig,<br />

1886; repr. Hildesheim, 1963).<br />

Translation: G. Clark, tr., Porphyry. On Abst<strong>in</strong>ence from Kill<strong>in</strong>g <strong><strong>Animal</strong>s</strong> (Ithaca, New<br />

York, 2000).<br />

408

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