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The Greek Romances of Heliodorus, Longus and Achilles Tatius

Note 23 — BOOK X. (continued 2)

Rowland Smith translation

"Εσσατο δ' ἔκτοσθε' ῥινὸν πoλιθῖο λύκοιο Κρατὶ δ' ἔπι κτιδέην κυνέην."—Iliad, x. 334.

From the example of Dorco, this became a favourite stratagem among pastoral characters. In the Pastor Fido (act iv. sc. 2) Dorinda disguises herself as a wolf, and the troubadour Vidal was hunted down in consequence of a similar experiment.—Dunlop.

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