13 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AHAflN {continued). 



oAX' an~krjv, kuX to ;^/ja)/xa ^ifTafiaWei' Ka\ fv -ye 'iraXi'a to ouofia (Tfpov 

 KuXe'iTai nefu ti)v atpav T(ivti]U. (j}aiveTai 8' ov noXvu ;^pdi/oi/' (paXel yap 

 (cf. Ael. xii. 28 ; Plin. N. H. x. 29, Clem. Alex. Paedag. x) : the above 

 excerpt is very obscure and mystical ; with the verb dacrwrjTai cf. 

 Etym. M. s. v. AnuXi's-, also Aesch. fr. 27 {zdi cit.), and Paus. x. 4, 7. 

 Hesiod, ap. Ael. V. H. xii. 20 rr]V ar]hdva povrjii oppldaiv dpoipelu vnvov 

 Koi 8ia TeKovs dypvTTvdv. Ael. H. A. i. 43 drjdcov opvidav XiyvpcoTUTr], 

 Xeyovai 8e Koi tu Kpea avrrjs es dypvTTvlav XvaLTtKiiv : cf. lb. xii. 20, Phile 

 xviii. Ael. iii. 40 Kadetpypevr] iv oIk'ktkm co8r]i dntx^'^'ni, kcil dpvveTai tov 

 opvidodqpap vnep tTjs dovXeias ttj (rianrj]' ovwfp ovv ol afdpcoTroi neneipaptvoi, 

 Tcis piv rj8r] TTpealSvTepus peduiai, crrrov5d^ovai 8f Brjpdv to. veoTTia. lb. V. 

 38 iv Tiii^ ipTjpiais OTav adrj npos iavTi]v, anXovv to peXos' OTav 8e dXcS 

 Koi tS)V dKovovrav pr] diapapTavrj, noiKiXa re duapeXneiv koi TaKepws eX'iTTUV 

 TO pfXoi. Its mode of capture, Dion. De Avib. iii. 13. On captive 

 Nightingales, see also Nemesian, Eel. ii, De Luscinia. A white or 

 albino specimen, Plin. 1. c. 



The locus classictis for the Nightingale's song is Plin. x. (29) 43, 

 cf. Ar. Av. 209 ; see also Dion. De Avib. i. 20, Phile xviii, (S:c. 



Pausan. ix. 30- 6 Xeyovai de 01 OpaKes, oaai tuii> ajySwwr e)(ovcTi veoaaias 

 errt to3 Tacfxa tov 'Opcpeos, tcwtos lyfitoj' Kal pel^ov ri adeiv. Cf. Antig. Hist. 

 Mirab. 5, Myrsili Methymn. fr. 8 (vol. iv. p. 459, Miiller). 



The Nightingale which sang over the infant Stesichorus, as a presage 

 of poetry, Plin. x. 43 (29). The transmigration of Thamyras (? Thammuz), 

 Plato, Rep. X. 620. 



On talking Nightingales, Plin. N. H. x. 59 (42). 



The lay of the loom, KepKiSa 8' evnoii)Tov, drj86va Tuv iv ip'idoii, Antip. 

 Sid. xxii, Gk. Anthol. ii. 11, cf. id. xxvi ; cf Ar. Ran. 1316. 



The Cricket is called ti)v Nvpfj^eiDv napoS'iTiv drjbwa, Gk. Anthol. 

 iv. 206. 



Ulysses, for his melancholy tale, is Movacbv dr]8uiv, Eur. Palamed. 

 viii ; a poet is Mnvaduv dr]8ovis, Anthol. Pal. vii. 414 (cf. Mova-av opvix^s, 

 Theocr. vii. 47) ; a bad poet is drjbovuiv i-juiaXos (enough to give a Night- 

 ingale the shivers), Phryn. Com. Inc. i. 



The Sirens are called apirvioyowoL ur]86i'ei, Lye. 653. 



Proverb and Fable. — ov8 oaov drjboves inrvuiovfTii', Suid. vnvos dr]86- 

 vfios, Nicoch. Inc. 3 (ii. 846, Mein.), cf Nonn. Dionys. v. 411 Sppaa-tv 

 dpna^uPTes ar]8oviov [S. ai8oviov) TTTepov vttvov. to\ a-Kanes di]86ai yapv- 

 uaivTo, Theocr. i. 136, cf. Gk. Anthol. (Jac.) iv. p. 21 8, also Theocr. v. 

 136 TTOT dri8uva Kicrariis ipi(T8fv: Luc. Pisc. jy dciTTOv tiv yv^ dr]86vas 

 piprjtraiTO. 



Fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale, Hes. Op. et D. 203, cf. 

 Aes. Fab. 9, Plut. Mor. 158 B. The Nightingale and the Swallow, 



