Note 1845 — Chapter VI · PASTORAL LIFE.
Reading edition
Robust persons, with loud voices, were ordinarily chosen for herdsmen, while goatherds were selected for their lightness and agility. Geop. ii. 1. Shepherds obtained among the Greeks the name of ποιμένες; while the keepers of other flocks and herds were termed αἰπόλοι. Schol. Theoc. i. 6.