[704]. Odyss. χ. 386.

[705]. Iliad, π. 747. sqq.

[706]. Cf. Poll. Onom. v. 17.

[707]. De Legg. vii. t. viii. p. 71. seq.—In his Republic boys were to be permitted when they could do so with safety to proceed to the field of battle, and there to approach sufficiently near the scene as to be able like young hounds to taste, so to speak, of blood.—t. vi. p. 367.

[708]. Pind. Nem. iii. 43. seq. Diss. Odyss. τ. 429. seq.

[709]. Descrip. Afric.

[710]. Æneid, ix. 605.

[711]. Cyneg. ii. 1.

[712]. To form a proper idea of the sporting vocabulary of the Greeks, the reader should consult Julius Pollux, Onomasticon, v. 9.-94.

[713]. Cyneg. ii. 1.