EnO* — EPMAKON 57 



EnOv|/ {contiiiiteJ). 

 in Ael. xvi. 5. To a like source is traceable the Samir-Iegend, and 

 possibly also the obscure origin of the Tereus-myth. From its sanctity 

 in Egypt it became an unclean bird among the Jews, Lev. xi. 19, 

 Deut. xiv. 18, where its name 02^311 diUciphat (cf. KouKou<j)a) is rendered 

 Lapwing, as being the crested bird \\\W\ which the translators were 

 most familiar (cf. Newton, Diet, of I]irds, p. 505). 



In the Birds of Aristophanes we have many veiled allusions to the 

 mythology of the Hoopoe. The confusion Avith kokkv^ (vide s. v. 

 KouKou'(j)a) is indicated throughout ; the fables of Tereus and Procne 

 are frequently referred to, e. g. r/ yap avdpw-rroi, v. 98 ttjv ipr^v arjbova, 

 vv. 203, 367, &c. : the Hoopoe's first cry, liuoiji rqv vXtjv, v. 93, is 

 a reference to the Samir-legend ; the kindred fable of Kopv86s appears 

 in vv. 472-476 ; the mysterious root in v. 654 is the magical d^iavrov : 

 the mention of rfKiaaT^s, v. 109, is a pun on rjkios : the allied solar 

 symbolism of dpvoxoXunTrjs is suggested in v. 480 ; and the nauseous 

 reputation of the nest is probably hinted at in the Hoopoe's pressincr 

 invitation to Peisthetairus, v. 641, that he should enter in. 



'EPl'eAKOX, s. epiOaKos (Arist., Ael.), cpiGeu's (Arat., Theophr.), epifloXog 

 (Schol. ad Ar. Vesp.). The Robin, Eritliacus rtihecida, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvi^ aKaj\rjKO(f)dyos, ix. 49 B, 632 b /xera- 

 ^dWovaiv ol ipidaKoi Kai 01 KaKovfxei/oi (poiVLKovpoi i^ dWnkwv' 'icm 8' 6 

 p.ev epiOaKos ^(eipepLvov, ol Se (poiviKovpoi Gepivol, 8La(j)epov(ri S' dXXrjXcov 

 ovdev COS einelu dXX^ r) rrj xP°9^ povov : Geopon. xv. i. 22. 



A weather-prophet, Arat. Phen. 1025, Theophr. fr. vi. 3, 2 ^^ft/ucoi/of 

 peya (rrjpa Kai opx^iXos Koi (pidevs, 8vvu>v es KoiXcis oxeds. Arist. fr. 24 1, 

 1522 b ipWuKos e's TO. avXia Kai ra oiKovpepa irapiav briXos ian ^Yf/^iuvof 

 emhripiav d7To8idpd(rK<i>v. Cf. Ael. vii. y. 



A munetic bird, pipovvrai Ka\ pepvrjvrai av av aKovcrcoariv, Porphyr. De 

 Abst. iii. 4 {epiduKos here is either an interpolation, or is used of some 

 other bird). 



Proverb, Schol. in Ar. Vesp. 922 (927) pia X^xpn 8vo ipidaKovsoi rpe'^ei. 

 eoTt 8e opviov vtto ptv tlvcou KaXovptpov epidevs, inro 8e erepcov fpidvXos, 

 vno Ta>v nXeiovcxiv epidaKoi : cf. Photius. Also ipidevs' 6 epidaKos, to opveov, 

 Hesych. epidaKOS' opveop popTjpes Ka\ povoTpoTTov, Suid. 



Sundevall derives e'pidaKos from f'pvdpas, 6aKos (cf Eng. reds/art, 

 Germ. Rothsteiss), and identifies the bird in Arist. with the Redstart, 

 Lusciola phoeniciiriis, L., in winter plumage : vide s. v. <})oii'rKoupos. 

 The derivation is far-fetched, and the identification is discountenanced 

 by the fact that the Redstart does not, at least in Attica, remain 

 through the winter (Kriiper p. 245), during which season the Robin 

 is as common there as with us. See also aiaaKos, Sdi'SaXos. 



^EPMAKON- opvfov, Hesych. Probably by error for ipidaKov. 



