^{page 205 note 1} The usual word is κυνίδιον—a little dog. The affectionate term κυνάριον is used by Theophrastus, (Characters, 21. 9)Google Scholar and by Athenaeus, (Deip. 12. 518)Google Scholar. κύων is found in two of Aesop's Fables (Aesopica, Perry, Univ. of Illinois Press, 1952, pp. 349 and 357)Google Scholar. In Latin, Pliny employs the words catulos Melitaeos (NH iii. 140).Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 2} Cf. Hist. Anim. ix. 6, 612^b10.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 3} Cf. Aelian, , On Animals, 16. 6.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 4} Cf. Stählin, O., Paedagogus (Leipzig, 1905), i. 27Google Scholar. Scholion to the Paedagogus of Clement of Alexandria.

^{page 205 note 5} Cf. Arist. Probl. x. 12, 892^aGoogle Scholar; RE viii, p. 2552Google Scholar; cf. Lietch, Virginia T., The Maltese Dog (Maryland, 1953)Google Scholar, passim.

^{page 205 note 6} Cf. Lucian, περὶ τῶν έπὶ Μισθῶν Συνόντων 34: καὶ βάυον λεπτῇ τῇ φωνῇ—τοιαῦτα γὰρ τὰ Μελιταῖα.

^{page 205 note 7} Cf. Perry, , op. cit. 349, 73.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 8} Cf. Deip., 12. 518.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 9} Cf. Onirocriticon, lib. v, ed. Hercher, (Leipzig, 1864), 41.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 10} Cf. Theophrastus, , Characters, xxi. 9.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 11} Cf. Lucian, , op. cit. 34.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 12} Cf. Aelian, , Varia, 13. 41.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 13} id. vii. 40.

^{page 205 note 14} Cf. Tymnes, , Oxford Book of Greek Verse, no. 577.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 15} Cf. Lucian, , op. cit. 34.Google Scholar

^{page 205 note 16} Cf. Alciphron, , Epis. lib. iii, letter 22.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 1} Cf. Suidas, , Lexicon, sub voceGoogle Scholar Μελιταῖος.

^{page 206 note 2} NH xxx. 43Google Scholar: ‘ii quoque quos Melitaeos vocamus stomachi dolorem sedant adplicati saepius.’

^{page 206 note 3} RE viii, p. 2552.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 4} Cf. Dictionnaire des antiquités grecques et romaines (Paris, 1881), 697, s.v. Chien.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 5} Cf. Murray, M. A., Excavations in Malta, iii. 20.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 6} ‘Inter quam et Illyricum Melite, unde catulos Melitaeos appellari Callimachus auctor est.’

^{page 206 note 7} Cf. Miller, E., Mélanges de littérature grecque (Paris, 1868), 213.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 8} vi. 277.

^{page 206 note 9} Cf. op. cit.

^{page 206 note 10} Cf. Byzantinus, Stephanus, Ethnika (Graz, 1958), 443, 6.Google Scholar

^{page 206 note 11} Cf. Schaefer, , Etymologicum Magnum (Leipzig, 1816)Google Scholar; and Miller, E., op. cit. 213.Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 1} Cf. Krumbacher, O., Geschichte der byzantinischen Litteratur, i. 573–4 (reprint by Bert Franklin, New York).Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 2} Cf. Stephanas Byzantinus, op. cit. 443, 6.Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 3} Cf. Jahreshefte des Osterreich. Arch. Instituts Wien, 8 (1905), 242 f.Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 4} Cf. RE as above; Mayr, A., Die Insel Malta im Altertum (München, 1909), 1–20.Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 5} Cf. Kaibel, O., Inscriptiones Graecae, xiv, no. 953.Google Scholar

^{page 207 note 6} Cf. Appian, , x. 2. 16.Google Scholar

^{page 208 note 1} Cf. Keller, O., op. cit. 243–4Google Scholar; Mayr, , op. cit. 20.Google Scholar

^{page 208 note 2} Cf. Malta Illustrata (Malta, 1647), 129Google Scholar: ‘Hoggi è quasi estinta questa razza.’