Note 222 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Aristot. Hist. Animal. L. vi.
κυΐσκεταί τε κύων ἐκ μιᾶς ὀχείας· δῆλον δὲ τοῦτο γίνεται μάλιστα ἐν τοῖς κλέπτουσι τὰς ὀχειάς· ἅπαξ γὰρ ἐπιβάντες πληροῦσι, says the Stagirite: and again he remarks, that the Spartan dog and bitch are more inclined to copulate after exercise, a fact well known to sportsmen: πονήσαντες γὰρ μᾶλλον δύνανται ὀχεύειν, ἢ ἀργοῦντες. (See Scaliger’s note on the passage, L. vi. c. xx.) This circumstance is also noticed by Ælian and Julius Pollux. Indeed the author of the Onomasticon, in a passage that has escaped the observation of commentators, throws considerable light on the text, which is here rather obscure. See L. v. c. vi. 51. of the Onomasticon.
P. Angelii Bargæi Cyneg. L. v.
Nec priùs optatam in venerem dimitte volentes, Quàm rapido quassis cursu, quàm corpora multo Sole fatigatis vehementior ingruat æstus. Inde decem noctes, totidemque ex ordine luces Abde domi, cursusque omnes prohibere memento.