XENOPHON & ARRIAN

On Hunting with hounds

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.

A.A. Phillips has been owned by hounds for many years and has practical experience of the kind of hunting described by the two classical authors.
M.M. Willcock is Emeritus Professor of Latin at University College London and the author of a wide range of books on classical subjects from Homer to Plautus. He is also general editor of this Series.

208pp; 25 figs (1999) cl 705 7 £35 / $59.99, pb 706 5 £16.50 / $28.00

CONTENTS List of figures Preface and Acknowledgements Bibliography Introduction PARALLEL GREEK TEXT AND ENGLISH TRANSLATION Commentary Appendix Glossary Index

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