Wild animals
animal · 4 works · 5 mentions · 6 anchored passages
wild animals · beasts · animals · asses · cameli · elephanti · ferae bestiae · game · leones · quarry
in the texts
Cyropaedia
Animals hunted for sport, food, and analogy.
he had got the boys together, and a large number of men both on foot and on horseback, and when he had driven the wild animals out into country where riding was practicable, he instituted a great hunt.
Accordingly, he decided that it was best to make a foray into the Median territory and he thought that thus the exploit of the hunt would appear more brilliant and that the number of animals captured would be immense.
but if he deceives them often, in the end they will not obey him when he calls, even though he really does see a wild beast.
Nicomachean Ethics
Beasts cited as examples of creatures whose boldness comes from pain rather than from noble motive.
but wild animals are emboldened by pain, for they turn to bay because they are wounded, or frightened—since if they are in a forest or a swamp they do not attack.
Institutes of Roman Law
Untamed creature categories cited as examples in the classification of things as mancipi/nec mancipi and in the rule that property in wild animals lasts only while possessed
Item ferae bestiae nec mancipi sunt uelut ursi leones, item ea animalia quae fere bestiarum numero sunt, ueluti elephanti et cameli;
Again, in wild animals, as opposed to tame, property is only coextensive with possession.
Economics
Animals whose training methods are compared to methods used for slaves.
But in dealing with slaves the training thought suitable for wild animals is also a very effective way of teaching obedience;