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Arrian on coursing

Note 190 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.

William Dansey translation

Ἔξεστιν ἤδη, εἰ μὲν βούλοιο, ἀκοντίσαι ἐγγύθεν ὡς πεπεδημένην.

Virgil. Georg. L. iii. v. 374.

Cominùs obtruncant ferro, graviterque rudentes Cædunt, et magno læti clamore reportant.

Xenophon gives a full description of the mode of ensnaring deer in a variety of trap called ποδοστράβη, and adds: ἁλίσκονται δὲ καὶ ἄνευ ποδοστράβης διωκόμεναι, ὅταν ᾖ ἡ ὥρα θερινὴ, ἀπαγορεύουσι γὰρ σφόδρα, ὥστε ἑστῶσαι ἀκοντίζονται.

Oppian. Cyneg. iv. 54.

ξυνὸν ἀκοντίζειν δὲ καὶ ἀντία τοξάζεσθαι θῆρας ἀρειοτέρους.

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