Σημειώσεις του Ολλανδού κυνολόγου προς την “Αμάλθεια”, στο πρωτότυπο: “Reichenbach meant to indicate a bit rough coat….at least not as smooth as the Italian Greyhound, but a bit more say, shepherd dog like i.e a double coat, with quite some underwool/undercoat, the same as you have in the German Hound/Deutsche Bracke”. Reichenbach’s text: “The Spartan, Diana Hound. Spartanus S.Laconicus Aristoteles. Size like a large hunting dog. Head like a greyhound, ears longer than half of the head. The Greeks considered them as cross bred from the dog and the fox and they named them the ‘fox dog’ (Αλωπεκίδαι). They are used as hunting dogs because they own very keen scent, they were also used as shepherd dogs. This breed is the most abundant in antiquities from Pompei to Herculanum, but it exists also in real life, and here i give you the picture of the only specimen i met. The coat is not very smooth, but ‘loose’ like the Spitz and in general fox coloured. The specimen looked easy mooded. Although this dog has a similarity with greyhounds in his growth, so was the more cylinder shaped body (and not like them drawn up bound together of narrowing) just like Spitz dogs. His decency and his movements, like the long ears, remind to Roe Deer. It looks like the original dog of Diana”.