As hunting generates such fierce debate in Britain today, it seems an appropriate moment to examine the two best classical works on the subject. For both authors hunting was primarily for hares with hounds. Xenophon describes the establishment needed, how to use it in the field and justifies hunting as the first part of education and the best training for war. Arrian's treatise, some five hundred years later, is a commentary on Xenophon's; to bring it up-to-date, as he says. He describes the revolution in hunting that the introduction of gaze-hounds had caused and many charming anecdotes about his hunting experiences and his favourite hound. Both give a vivid picture of the daily life of two wealthy Greeks at leisure which the modern huntsman will find familiar. The Greek texts are given along with an English translation and commentary. Includes a good illustrated introduction.
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As hunting generates such fierce debate in Britain today, it seems an appropriate moment to examine the two best classical works on the subject. For both authors hunting was primarily for hares with hounds.
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List of figures Preface and Acknowledgements Introduction: i) Ancient hunting, II) Classical hunting, iii) Modern Hunting, iv) Classical hounds v) The game, vi) Hunting literature, vii) Modern editions, viii) History of the text ON HUNTING Xenophon Arrian Appendix Glossary Index
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780856687051
Publisert
1999-01-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Aris & Phillips Ltd
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
149 mm
Aldersnivå
05, 06, U, P
Språk
Product language
Gresk, klassisk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
208

Biographical note

M.M. Willcock was Emeritus Professor of Latin at University College London, and the author of commentaries on Homer's Iliad (Macmillan, 1978, 1984), Plautus' Casina (Cambridge, 1976) and Pseudolus (Bristol, 1987), selected Odes of Pindar (Cambridge, 1995), and Cicero: Select Letters: A Companion to the Translation of L.P.Wilkinson (Bristol Classical Press, 1998).