10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOLOSSIAN DOG»
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Among those goods was the Molossian dog, who was carried to the British isles
around 800 b.c.e. by Phoenician traders in search of tin. The Greeks were the first
to write manuals about dogs. Aristotle, writing in 350 b.c.e. about the anatomy ...
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The Great Dane - A Complete Anthology of the
Dog
As totheoriginof thedogthereisnotthe slightest doubt whateverthat it isthe true
descendant ofthe Molossian dog,much asthe late ReverendM.B. Wynnand other
English writers would have us believe that the mastiff and the Molossian are the ...
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An Encyclopaedia of Rural Sports: Or a Complete Account, ...
The Molossian dog is very differently described by different naturalists. *By some
it is likened to the Albanian, having similar elongated jaws and pointed muzzle.
By others (but which description cannot typify the dog we allude to, and seen, fig.
Delabere Pritchett Blaine,
1840
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Sophocles: The Plays and Fragments with Critical Notes, ...
The Molossian dog is often associated with the Laconian (Hor. Epod. 6. 5
Molossus aut fulvus Laco: Verg. G. 3. 405 Velocis Spartae catulos acremque Mo-
lossum); but Aristotle tells us that the Molossian breed had no special merit for
sporting ...
Sophocles (495-406 B.C.), Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb,
1932
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The Mastiff - A Complete Anthology of the Breed
The mastiff isalso called the Molossian dog,andbecause thenameswere
synonymous with many writerswe again find thatmodern interpreters assume that
the Mollossus was the counterpart of our mastiff. The questionthat hasfirstto be
settled ...
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Archaeologia: Or, Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating to Antiquity..
ccxciv. .59. Cup with yellow figures. Diameter eight inches. In the bottom a Faun
riding on a Stag ; on the reverse four Women, and two Men. Complete. —
Doganella; November 1828. Marked under the foot : ccxcv. The Molossian Dog.
60.
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Archaeologia: Or Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity
CCXCIV. 59. Cup with yellow figures. Diameter eight inches. In the bottom a Faun
riding on a Stag ; on the reverse four Women, and two Men. Complete. —
Doganella ; November 1828. Marked under the foot : ccxcv. The Molossian Dog.
60.
Ancient warring populations used an early version of the mastiff known as the
Molossian dog, which weighed nearly 280 pounds and was highly aggressive (
Coren 1994). The first organized war-dog units were established by the Romans
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Elaine A. Ostrander, Urs Giger, Kerstin Lindblad-toh,
2007
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Dog secretion of, connected withcancer Mohammedan abhorrenceofdogs
Molossian dog, description of the Moralqualities ofthedogNasal bones,
descriptionof the ...
Dan Rice. Some authors claim the Great Dane is a descendant of the Roman
Molossian dog, and others say its ancestor was the ancient tiger dog of Egypt that
lived in about 2200 B.C. Italian paintings of the 1 580s depict dogs with Dane-like
...