The Colossus Molossus of Epirus
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The Molossus of Epirus, admired, and feared across the Ancient World. The History of the Molossus begins with the Molossi tribe of Epirus.
Epirus was an ancient region located in parts of modern day Greece, Macedonia, Albania, and Montenegro. The Molossi were regarded as one of the most powerful of all the Epirote tribes, largely on the basis of their war dogs. These dogs were said to be extremely ferocious in battle and were greatly feared by the Molossi’s enemies.
The Molossus was one of the most popular and famous dogs of the ancient world, and was the primary war dog of both the Ancient Illyrians and the Ancient Romans. The breed makes numerous appearances in ancient literature over a period of 800 years, and was known to some of history’s most famous men, including Aristotle, Alexander the Great, Pliny the Elder and Virgil. The earliest known reference to a, “Molossian Dog,” comes from a play written by the Athenian, Aristophanes in 411 B.C.
Originally kept almost exclusively by the Molossi tribe, the Molossus was eventually kept across the entirety of ancient Illyria. Close allies of their neighbors the Macedonians, the Molossi and their war dogs joined Philip II on his conquest in the Fourth Century B.C. More famously, the Molossus dog Peritas, accompanied Alexander the Great (whose mother was actually a Molossian) when he conquered all the lands from Egypt to India.
The Romans were highly skilled dog breeders and recognized that the Molossus had many talents, including hunting, herding, property guarding, and warfare. The breed spread wherever the Roman Legions went, but perhaps became most popular and numerous in Italy. Although the breed makes frequent appearances in literature, there are no depictions that are universally accepting as belonging to the breed. Modern thought commonly holds that the Molossus was a Mastiff-like dog.
There is one piece of art that is generally, if not universally, agreed to depict the Molossus. It is a statue from Britain known as the Jenning’s Dog (Henry Constantine Jennings, acquired the statue around 1758-1759, may be associated with Pyrrhus, the king of Epirus, whose faithful hound leapt on his funeral pyre when he died in 272 BC). The dog shown looks vaguely like a number of modern breeds supposedly descended from the Molossus, especially the Rottweiler. However, the Jenning’s Dog has a medium-to-long coat and a significantly less exaggerated “Mastiff-head.” The Jenning’s dog is almost identical to at least one modern breed, the Deltari, better known in English as the Illyrian Shepherd. A very ancient breed native to Albania, Kosovo and Macedonia, the Deltari is primarily used as a livestock and property protection animal, and is said to be a courageous and fearless defender. Not only does the Deltari look almost identical to the Jenning’s Dog, but it is also used for the same purposes as the Molossus, is described in a nearly identical fashion, and perhaps most importantly is native to the exact same region.
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@haxhimemini4019
10 ай бұрын
First do your DNA if you’re greek and we talk about the languages. How do you explain about Illyrian peninsula that not Hellens 😅😅😅😅😅
@dimdam79
26 күн бұрын
@@haxhimemini4019 i dont know about him but i did dna test darling..and let me tell u...go educate ur self about ur country's history....and be humble instead of talking nationalistic nonsense .""No written texts regarding self-identification exist from the Illyrians[28] and no inscriptions in Illyrian exist, with the only linguistic remains being place names (toponyms) and some glosses"". As much as u are Illyrian that much Skopje is Macedonia ....u have ur own history which is fair and u did contribute to an extent but arrogating will make u a loser in the end. u should be proud of who u are not try to prove u are something u are not .
One love bro nice work
Beautiful video mate well done 👏🏻❤️🇦🇱❤️
GREECE THE BEGIN AND THE END GREECE EPIRUS ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ EPIRUS MY LOVE ANCIENT GREECE CITY Αερααααααααααα Αδερφιαααααααααα Ώρα να παρουμε τη πατρίδα μας πίσω
A better dog physically and more natural looking than the English Mastiff.
Thanks for the video it's an ancient Greek breed ❤
@thisoldpod
Жыл бұрын
really? check youtube for "Qente e Sharrit" and you may be greek but you are of albanian decent and that blood is thicker than water.
@christoschristos7805
Жыл бұрын
👍👍👍👍
Tell me youre Albanian with out telling me youre albanian. I had one of these in malzi when i was a toddler, I used to literally ride the thing like a horse and we called him sharri.
Good video and historically accurate. Don't let the ultra-nationalistic trolls lure you.
"The Albanians first appear in the historical record in Byzantine sources of the 11th century." Simmons, Austin; Jonathan Slocum. "Indo-European Languages: Balkan Group: Albanian". Linguistics Research Center of the University of Texas at Austin. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 21 October 2017
@southepirote7676
29 күн бұрын
😂
"Epirus was a land of milk and animal products [...] The social unit was a small tribe, consisting of several nomadic or semi-nomadic groups, and these tribes, of which more than seventy names are known, coalesced into large tribal coalitions, three in number: Thesprotians, Molossians and Chaonians [...] We know from the discovery of inscriptions that these tribes were speaking the GREEK language (in a West-Greek dialect)." Hammond, Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière (1998). Philip of Macedon. London: Duckworth
@southepirote7676
29 күн бұрын
😂
"The Epirotes were speakers of an epichoric Northwest GREEK dialect, different from the Dorian of the Greek colonies on the Ionian islands, and bearers of mostly GREEK names, as evidenced by epigraphy." Katičić, Radoslav (1976). Ancient Languages of the Balkans. The Hague: Mouton. Filos, Panagiotis (2018). "The Dialectal Variety of Epirus". In Giannakis, Georgios K.; Crespo, Emilio; Filos, Panagiotis (eds.). Studies in Ancient Greek Dialects: From Central Greece to the Black Sea. Berlin and Boston: Walter de Gruyter. pp. 215-248
@southepirote7676
29 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
Albaniaaaaaaaa my father land ❤❤❤❤❤❤🥺😓😓😓😓I miss you and love you so much Albania the bllod of the heroes and the glory the bllod of the real legends Alexander the Great. Achilles..Pirrus.. Teuta..Konstantinos the Great... Gjergj Kastriot (scanderbeg) Ali Pacha of Ioanina Adem Jashari of prekaz Drenica Etc... thank you God for creating me Albanian
@Oderydestroyer
Жыл бұрын
Forgot Rita ora 😀
"Rome had even defeated A PROPER GREEK KING when they outlasted Pyrrhus of Epirus and drove him out of Italy." RONALD MELLOR, THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN GREEK AND ROMAN IDENTITY, p.96
@southepirote7676
29 күн бұрын
😂
We Turks have the Kangal which apparently was brought from Asia. Look to the east for your answer
@micadjuric6901
2 ай бұрын
Για κοίτα τον σκύλο του Οδυσσέα, σαν κανγκαλ μιαζι, αυτά τα σκυλια τσομπανσ Αγίας σευαστιας (civas)τσομπαν κιοπεκ ηπιρχαν πριν έρθουν η μογγολι στην μικρά Ασία και στη μαύρη θάλασσα.
Illyrian shepherd 😤
Everyone knows that Albanians are ancient people wherever you dig in Albania you find ruins with Greek and Latin inscriptions. The Albanians had no written language since 1908 hence they had Greek and Roman immigrants that knew how to write to make these inscriptions in Greek and Latin for future generation to see.
@southepirote7676
29 күн бұрын
Albanian existed before Greeks and Latins under the name Pelasgians which were considered barbaric by Greeks. The inscriptions you mention are a result of colonization, and as far as we know colonists don't mean native but invaders similar to the "Americans"
@dggmn2109
28 күн бұрын
@@southepirote7676 Ya right the Pelasgians one day decided to change their name to Albanians and then to Shipetar :-) Pelasgians are the common ancestors of the Greeks and Illyrians and Albanians are an Illyrian tribe. Are you implying then that e.g. the Arvatites colonised Greece and they did not came to Greece to escape muslim Albanians=Turks percecution?
@dggmn2109
25 күн бұрын
@@southepirote7676 My reply was deleted the Pelasgians are the common ancestors of the Greeks and Illyrians, Albanians are an Illyrian tribe, did the Arvantites colonised Greece or werer percecuted by the trk albanians?
Pellazg Albania 🇦🇱
The information you hav is incorrect
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@gegmalciadhija1051
2 жыл бұрын
Don’t think so mate completely wrong 🤫👉🏻👨🏾💼🇬🇷
@aegeanmapping
2 жыл бұрын
🇦🇱
@stefanosbrilakis4555
2 жыл бұрын
Epirus land of eagles 🇦🇱🦅
@Ups_downs_life_funny
2 жыл бұрын
@@gegmalciadhija1051 U didn't even exist then
@Ups_downs_life_funny
2 жыл бұрын
@@stefanosbrilakis4555 Exactly so stop being jealous.
QENT E ALEKSANDRIT MOLOS. EPIRIOT ÇAM🌠🇦🇱🌠
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@ehooton1233
3 жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with Albania. That’s an Ancient Greek breed
@albaniawolfgaming1108
3 жыл бұрын
@@ehooton1233 go make a visit in hospital 🏥
@ehooton1233
3 жыл бұрын
@@albaniawolfgaming1108 Nah I’m fine. Thanks for the interest.
@albaniawolfgaming1108
3 жыл бұрын
@@ehooton1233 your not fine. You said that this dog is Greek how can be Greek breed wehen greek don’t cultivate Illyrian molossus. You can find Illyrian molossus only in south 🇦🇱. Maybe you confuses Illyrian molossus with Molossus of epirius. Molossus of epirius is Greek breed Illyrian molossus is 🇦🇱 breed
@ehooton1233
3 жыл бұрын
@@albaniawolfgaming1108 The video is about the Molossus of Epirus. I think you mean the Illyrian shepherd. This is an Albanian breed.
full albanian propaganda..is obvius from name "children of the eagle" that creator is albanian ethicist. well even the word molossus,is greek aparently., u dont name it, epiruw,or ipiros,is a t tal mountain place in greek to, is a subcontinent of greece,as for illyrians, there was nomads..and no dna proof exist that todaYS albanian people,got anything in common with Illyrians,that..stoped existed..3000 years AGO, no tradiotions remains, no names, no language..no script.
QENI MOLOS QEN KARRDER ÇAM🌠🇦🇱🌠