Asil

Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

date: 2026-06-01

The Asil is the oldest documented game breed in the world. Its name, in Arabic and Hindustani, means of pure lineage; its antiquity in the cockpit is matched only by the Persian love of the sport. The Asil is not so much a single breed as a family of related landraces, from the diminutive Reza of the Andhra country to the imposing Kulang of South India and the high-stationed Sonatol of the north.

Plutarch on the Cock

Fri, 01 Jan 0100 00:00:00 +0000

date: 0100-01-01

Plutarch’s Moralia contains an early example of the cock as a moral exemplar — a creature whose courage and sense of duty make him a model for human behaviour. The passage became one of the most-quoted classical references to the domestic fowl.

Ancient on The Gamecock Codex

Asil

Plutarch on the Cock