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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (7726)	10/9/2021 8:41:35 AM
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PLINY THE FABULIST: PLINY THE ELDER AND ANIMALS AS ROLE MODELS Dogs are better soldiers than humans; they are never overcome by cowardice and are loyal to a fault. The bravery of both dogs and horses can only be inspirations for Pliny’s Roman audience, and dogs are recorded by Pliny to continue service even into advanced old age. He points to dogs’ sollertia and sagacitas in hunting as the reason for this, then describes the lengths to which men go to help their canines continue using this skill when they are too old to walk (“therefore, men carry them even when they are tired, blind, and crippled from old age, sniffing the winds for an odor and stretching their muzzles toward animal lairs”). The dog’s utility does not end even when it can no longer work for itself, and its work ethic and dedication to its duty is demonstrated in this continued effort to please its master.

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