A dictionary of Greek and Roman . second cut we see a similar person against whom awild boar is rushing, and who appears to be pre-paring for a spring to escape from the animal. In the same relief there is a wolf running at full speed,and also a stag with a rope tied to his horns whohas been pulled down by two wolves or dogs. The4 G 2 1188 VENEFICIUM. VENEFICIUM. K °Fvl T -—0, XW third relief is supposed by Mazois to represent thetraining of a bestiarius. The latter has a spear ineach hand ; his left leg is protected by greaves,and he is in the act of attacking a panther, whosemo
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . second cut we see a similar person against whom awild boar is rushing, and who appears to be pre-paring for a spring to escape from the animal. In the same relief there is a wolf running at full speed,and also a stag with a rope tied to his horns whohas been pulled down by two wolves or dogs. The4 G 2 1188 VENEFICIUM. VENEFICIUM. K °Fvl T -—0, XW third relief is supposed by Mazois to represent thetraining of a bestiarius. The latter has a spear ineach hand ; his left leg is protected by greaves,and he is in the act of attacking a panther, whosemovements are hampered by a rope, which fastenshim to the bull behind him, and which accordinglyplaces the bestiarius in a less dangerous position,though more caution and activity are required thanif the beast were fixed to a single point. Behindthe bull another man stands with a spear, whoseems to be urging on the animal. The fourthwoodcut represents a man equipped in the sameway as the matador in the Spanish bull-fights inthe present day, n
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