22 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



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nacrav Kava)(S)i' oK6(f)a>vos, 'AXe/crcop. — e'lp-qrai S ovras ineibrj Koi eK tov 

 XfKTpou T]iJ.as Bif-yfipei. Theocr. xxiv. 63 opuides Tpirov apn tov ecrxo-fov 

 opBpov (i(i8ov. Soph. El. 18 cor rjplv i]8r] Xapnpov rjXiov ae\as eaa Kivfl 

 (f)6eypnT opvidonu aafPr] : fr. 900 kukko^ous opvis : cf. ep. opdpo^nas, 

 Alexarch. ap. Athen. 98 E. Diph. iv. 421 (Mein.) opQpwKOKKv^ {led. 

 dub?[ dXeKTpvwv. Probably alluded to also Soph. Anten. 2, fr. 141 

 (Ath. ix. 373 D) opvida Koi KijpvKa koi 8iukovuv. Plat. SyiTip. 223 C 

 oKfKTpvovav abopTcov, at Cock-crow. Cf. Alciphr. i. 39. 20, Aristaenet. 

 i. 24 (Is dX(KTpv6v(ov coMs : Ar. Nub. 4, Juv. ix. 107, &c. Plut. ap. Eust. 

 Od. p. 1479) 47 '^^ ^^ KOKKv^cop opdpL aXfKTcop TrpoKdXe'LTni. Antip. Thess. 

 V, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 96 TrdXaL S' rjmos 'AXexrcop, Krjpvaacou (pdovfptjv 

 'Hpiyf'veinv ciyei. opvlBuyv eppois ({)dou€pa>TaTos, K.r.X.: cf Ar. Vesp. 815, 

 Anyt. xi, in Gk. Anthol. i. p. 132, Virg. Aen. viii. 456, &c. Arist. De 

 Acoust. 800 b Tovs rpnx'jXovs e;^oi'r€? pa<povs ^laias <p6eyyovTai. Ael. 

 N. A. iv. 29 6 dXeKTpvcoi' Tr)s creXjji/r/? dviax<>vaT]i evdovaia (ftaai Koi CTKipra. 

 rjXins 8e dvicrxcov ovk "iv nore avTov biaXdOoi, co^LKonaTos 8e eavrov fan 

 TT]viKd8f. Cf. Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536. Lucian, Gallus, &c. With ep. 

 o)pnp.uvTii, Babr. cxxiv. 11. 



KOKKvCfi", to crow, Cratin. ii. 1S6, Diph. iv. 407 (Mein.), Theocr. vii. 

 48, 124, &c. KaKKd^eiv, to cackle, Hesych., &c. 



Why the Cock crows : by an affinity for the sun, or rejoicing in heat 

 and light, Heliodor. i. 18. See also Schol. Ar. Av. 830, Cic. De Div. 

 ii. 26. According to Theophrastus (Ael. iii. 38) in moist localities 

 Cocks don't crow. Paus. v. 25. 9, on the shield of Idomeneus, as a 

 descendant of Helios, jjXiov 8e lepov (pncriv eivm rov opvtda KoX dyyiXXeiv 

 dviivai peXXovTos tov i)Xiov. See also Schol. Diog. L. viii. 34, Plaut. M. 

 Gl. iii. I. 96, Mart. xiv. 223, Isidor. De N. R. c. 3, &c., &c. 



How to prevent Cocks crowing, by means of a collar of sarmentuvi 

 wood, Plin. xxiv. 25. 



On hearing a Cock crow, or an ass bray, it is a matter of common 

 prudence to spit, Joh. Chrysost. in comm. ep. S. P. ad Ephes. iv. 12 

 (vol. xi. p. 93, Montef): this reference to the ass is used to explain 

 ovov opviv in Ar. Av. 721, by Haupt, Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1864. 



On Fighting Cocks, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; Plato, Legg. vii. 789 ; Theocr. 

 xxii. 72 ; cf 0pp. Cyneg. ii. 1S9; cf Schol. in Ar. Eq. 494, Ach. 165 

 drav els fid^rjv (TvplBdXXaiaiv tovs dXfKTpvovas, aKopoSa SidoacrLV avTo2s '. 

 Lucian, Anarch. 37 (2. 918), &c. (See also Xen. Symp. iv. 9, and 

 cf (pvaiyyoopai, from (/)u(ny|, garlic. The annual cock-fight at Athens, 

 instituted by Themistocles, Ael. V. H. ii. 28 dXfKrpvuvas dyavi^ea-dm 

 drjfioa-ia iv tw deuTpu) p.ia fjfxepa tov iTovs : cf. J. E. Harrison, Myth, of 

 Anc. Athens, p. 278 ; also at Pergamus, Plin. x. 21 (25). The cock- 

 fight was depicted on the High-priest's chair in the Dionysiac theatre 

 (Boetticher, Harrison, Sec.) ; represented also in the Festival Calendar 



