Note 379 — CANES VENATICI. Class II.
William Dansey translation
Claudian bestows the title Molossian on the entire pack, to designate, it may be, their ferocity:
In Rufinum L. ii.
Sic mons Aonius rubuit, cum Penthea ferrent Mænades; aut subito mutatum Actæona cornu Traderet insanis Latonia visa Molossis.