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On Hunting

work by Xenophon

Also known as: “Kynēgetikos”

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In Xenophon: Other writings
Cynegeticus (“On Hunting”) offers technical advice on hunting (on foot, with dogs and nets, the usual prey being a hare); Xenophon sees the pursuit as a pleasurable and divinely ordained means of promoting military, intellectual, and moral excellence (something neither sophists nor politicians can match). De…
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