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The Great Dane is a large German breed of domestic dog (''Canis lupus familiaris'') known for its enormous body and great height. The German name of the breed is ''Deutsche Dogge'', or German Mastiff. The Great Dane is one of the world's tallest dog breeds. The world record holder for tallest dog was a Great Dane called Zeus (died September 2014; aged 5), who measured from paw to shoulder. Great Danes are known for seeking physical affection from their owners. ==History== Extremely large boarhounds resembling the Great Dane appear in ancient Greece; in frescoes from Tiryns dating back to 14th–13th centuries BC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tiryns Fresco )〕〔https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Tiryns_fresco.JPG〕 The large boarhound or Molossian hound continues to appear throughout ancient Greece in subsequent centuries right up to the Hellenistic era.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=thaumazein )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Hind of Ceryneia Diana's Pet Deer )〕〔http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/Hpix/1992.06.0122.jpeg〕〔http://www.pbase.com/dosseman/image/28792061 Pergamon〕 The Molossian hound, the Suliot dog and specific imports from Greece were used in the 18th century to increase the stature of the boarhounds in Austria and Germany and the wolfhounds in Ireland.〔1840, Dogs, Canidae or Genus Canis of Authors, including The Genera Hyaena and Proteles, Vol. II., Mammalia Vol.X, by Lieut-Col. Chas Hamilton Smith, with Portrait and Memoir of Don Felix D'azara|http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AgsOAAAAQAAJ&dq=Naturalist's%20Library%20PARROTS%20jardine%20BEWICK&pg=PR5#v=onepage&q=Suliot&f=false〕〔(Archive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Archive )〕〔http://www.davidhancockondogs.com/archives/archive_240_309/276.html Great Danes Giant Hounds by D. Hancock〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sporting review, ed. by 'Craven'. )〕〔Morris, Desmond. Dogs – The Ultimate Dictionary of Over 1,000 Dog Breeds. Ebury Press, 2001. ISBN 0-09-187091-7. Page 618.〕 Bigger dogs are depicted on numerous runestones in Scandinavia, on coinage in Denmark from the 5th century AD and in the collection of Old Norse poems, known in English as Poetic Edda. The University of Copenhagen Zoological Museum holds at least seven skeletons of very large hunting dogs, dating from the 5th century BC going forward through to the year 1000 AD. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great Dane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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