θηριομαχία
From LSJ
ἔγνω δὲ φώρ τε φῶρα καὶ λύκος λύκον → the thief knows the thief and the wolf knows the wolf, and thief knows thief and wolf his fellow wolf, set a thief to catch a thief
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A fighting with wild beasts, in pl.,= Lat. venationes, Str.2.5.33, Ph.1.602.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1209] ἡ, Kampf mit Thieren, Strab. II p. 131 u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
θηριομαχία: ἡ, τὸ μάχεσθαι πρὸς ἄγρια θηρία, Στράβ. 131, Φίλων 1. 602.
