c. AD 77

J. BJ 1.429

The Wars of the Jews 1.429

Author
Flavius Josephus
Translator
William Whiston

The Wars of the Jews

1.429

Flavius Josephus

translated by William Whiston

42913. Now Herod had a body suited to his soul, and was ever a most excellent hunter, where he generally had good success, by means of his great skill in riding horses; for in one day he caught forty wild beasts: that country breeds also bears, and the greatest part of it is replenished with stags and wild asses.