- BC–1785 BC) onward.
Historical literature by
Arrian on the
vertragus (from the
Latin vertragus, a word of
Celtic origin), the
first recorded sighthound...
-
Phoenicians nearly 3,000
years ago.
However the
existence of the
Celtic vertragus in
Roman Iberia 2,000
years ago, as
described by
Arrian and Martial, suggests...
-
complete European description of a
sighthound and its work, the
Celtic vertragus from
Roman Spain of the 2nd
century C.E.,
comes from Arrian's Cynegeticus...
-
Irish and
Scottish "greyhounds" were
derived from the same ancestor, the
vertragus, and had
expanded with the
Scoti from
Ireland across the
Western Isles...
-
hunting dog" see Xenophon, and the "correct type" of good sighthound, the
vertragus, see Arrian. Note 2: ^ Many
modern breeds of dogs
still use the names...
- of dogs in
Gaelic Ireland described in
Irish legend. Also
known as the
vertragus, they were po****r
breeds throughout many
ancient civilisations. Considered...
