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the taste will make them less <strong>in</strong>cl<strong>in</strong>ed to spare the flock. <strong>The</strong>y are also fed on bone soup<br />

<strong>and</strong> even broken bones as well; for these make their teeth stronger <strong>and</strong> their mouths <strong>of</strong><br />

wider stretch, because their jaws are spread with greater force, <strong>and</strong> the savour <strong>of</strong> the<br />

marrow makes them moe keen. <strong>The</strong>ir habit is to eat dur<strong>in</strong>g the day when they are out<br />

with the flocks, <strong>and</strong> at even<strong>in</strong>g when these are folded.<br />

189<br />

Xenophon, Cynegeticus 3.1 V-IV B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: E. C. Marchant, ed., tr., Xenophon VII. Scripta M<strong>in</strong>ora (Cambridge,<br />

Mass. <strong>and</strong> London, 1925; repr. 1984).<br />

Ta_ de\ ge/nh tw~n kunw~n ditta&, ai9 me\n kasto&riai, ai9 de\ a)lwpeki/dej. e1xousi d' ai9 me\n<br />

kasto&riai th_n e0pwnumi/an tau&thn o3ti Ka&stwr h(sqei\j tw|~ e1rgw| ma&lista au)ta_j<br />

diefu&lacen: ai9 d' a)lwpeki/dej dio&ti e0k kunw~n te kai\ a)lwpe/kwn e0ge/nonto: e0n<br />

pollw|~ de\ xro&nw| sugke/kratai au)tw~n h( fu&sij.<br />

<strong>The</strong> hounds used are <strong>of</strong> two k<strong>in</strong>ds, the Castorian <strong>and</strong> the Vulp<strong>in</strong>e. <strong>The</strong> Castorian is so<br />

called because Castor paid special attention to the breed, mak<strong>in</strong>g a hobby <strong>of</strong> the bus<strong>in</strong>ess.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Vulp<strong>in</strong>e is a hybrid between the dog <strong>and</strong> the fox: hence the name. In the course <strong>of</strong><br />

time the nature <strong>of</strong> the parents has become fused.<br />

190<br />

Xenophon, Cynegeticus 4.1 V-IV B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: E. C. Marchant, ed., tr., Xenophon VII. Scripta M<strong>in</strong>ora (Cambridge,<br />

Mass. <strong>and</strong> London, 1925; repr. 1984).<br />

Prw~ton me\n ou}n xrh_ ei]nai mega&laj, ei]ta e0xou&saj ta_j kefala_j e0lafra&j, sima&j,<br />

a)rqrw&deij, i0nw&dh ta_ ka&twqen tw~n metw&pwn, o1mmata mete/wra, me/lana, lampra&,<br />

me/twpa plate/a, ta_j diakri/seij baqei/av.<br />

First, then, they [hunt<strong>in</strong>g dogs] should be big: Next, the head should be light, flat <strong>and</strong><br />

muscular; the lower parts <strong>of</strong> the forehead s<strong>in</strong>ewy; the eyes prom<strong>in</strong>ent, black <strong>and</strong><br />

sparkl<strong>in</strong>g; the forehead broad, with a deep divid<strong>in</strong>g l<strong>in</strong>e.<br />

191<br />

Xenophon, Cynegeticus 7.4 V-IV B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: E. C. Marchant, ed., tr., Xenophon VII. Scripta M<strong>in</strong>ora (Cambridge,<br />

Mass. <strong>and</strong> London, 1925; repr. 1984).<br />

e0peida_n de\ plana~tai ta_ skula&kia h1dh, dido&nai ga&la me/xri e0niautou~ kai\ oi[j<br />

me/llei to_n a3panta xro&non biw&sesqai, a1llo de\ mhde/n: ai9 ga_r barei=ai plhsmonai\<br />

tw~n skulaki/wn diastre/fousi ta_ ske/lh, toi=j sw&masi no&souj e0mpoiou~si,<br />

kai\ ta_ e0nto_j a1dika gi/gnetai.<br />

417

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