Hounds and hunting in ancient Greece

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Denison Bingham Hull began to read Greek in preparatory school and at Harvard, and since then he has impressively deepened his learning. As a hunting man, he was a comparatively late starter—he first rode to hounds at the age of forty. Only three years later he became Master of Foxhounds and now can claim to have bred over five hundred hounds and to have individually trained over a hundred. To add to his practical experience, he read every book on hunting he could lay his hands on.
Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece has behind it, consequently, an unrivaled acquaintance with books on hunting, both ancient and modern. It is unique, both in its choice of subject and in its blending of irreproachable scholarship with literary distinction. It was written by a man who can freshly visualize the hunting practices, and joys, and superstitions, of a remote age. This book will appeal to all who appreciate concrete, unadorned, evocative writing —and, where it is required, the shrewd use... Tovább

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Denison Bingham Hull began to read Greek in preparatory school and at Harvard, and since then he has impressively deepened his learning. As a hunting man, he was a comparatively late starter—he first rode to hounds at the age of forty. Only three years later he became Master of Foxhounds and now can claim to have bred over five hundred hounds and to have individually trained over a hundred. To add to his practical experience, he read every book on hunting he could lay his hands on.
Hounds and Hunting in Ancient Greece has behind it, consequently, an unrivaled acquaintance with books on hunting, both ancient and modern. It is unique, both in its choice of subject and in its blending of irreproachable scholarship with literary distinction. It was written by a man who can freshly visualize the hunting practices, and joys, and superstitions, of a remote age. This book will appeal to all who appreciate concrete, unadorned, evocative writing —and, where it is required, the shrewd use of inference.
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Mr. Hull discusses the hunting gear of the Greeks, their breeds of hounds, the care of the hounds, and the "natural history"—sometimes sound, sometimes erroneous and fantastic—of the animals hunted: hare, deer, gazelle, antelope, wild cattle, fox, and lion. The supreme test for the hunter, the Greeks believed, was to confront the wily and vicious wild boar.
Handsomely produced and illustrated, with line drawings by Virgil Burnett and sixteen plates, the work includes complete translations of Xenophon's Cynegeticus and Arrian's Cynegeticus and translated excerpts from the Ono-masticon of Julius Pollux. Also provided are glossaries of Greek technical terms and animals with their modern English equivalents.
Denison Bingham Hull has written Thoughts on American Fox-Hunting and has published two translations: Aesop's Fables, Told by Valerius Babrius and Xenophon's About Horsemanship. A practicing architect, he lives in Winnet-ka, Illinois.


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