IBII— lEPAE 6$ 



'lAE'flN- ftSoy [fSoy, cf. Schmidt] derov, Hesych. 



'IE'PA= (Ep. and Ion. 'Ipi]^, s. ipi^ : I). Not connected with Upos (t) ; 

 perhaps from root ft swift (cf. Maass, Indo-Germ. Forsch. i. 

 p. 159), but the etymology is quite obscure. 



A Hawk. The generic term especially for the smaller hawks and 

 falcons. Mod. Gk. IfpciKi or yepuKi, applied to the Sparrow-hawk, 

 Kestrel, Hobby, &c., and also to the Kite (Erhard). Dimin. 



'i(paKt8fvs, Eust. 753, 56; UpaKiaKOs, Ar. Av. 1 1 12. 



In Horn, with epithets (okvs II. xvi. 582, aKvurepos xiii. 62, wkkttos 

 TTfTfTjpaiv XV. 237, eT^aipporaros Tvertrjvwv xiii. 86 : also Od. V. 66. In Has. 

 Op. at D. 210 (oKVTreTT]s Ip'^^, TapvaiTTTepos opvis : cf. Ar. Av. 1453. In 

 Arist. with ep. ynp\lra)vv)(Oi, aapKocpdyos, apocpdyos, SiC. Alcman 1 6 ap. 

 Athan. 373 ^vanv 6' ImpaKra vfavides, Qcrr opveLs lepnKos inrepTTTapevo} : 

 Eur. Andr. II41 ol d' oncjs 7re\eidtfs upaK IBovani npos (j>vyt]v (vcnTKTav. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 rai/ 6' lepc'iKcov Kpariaros pev 6 

 Tpi6p-)(rji, 8evT€poi 8 6 alaakdiv, rpiros 6 KipKos' 6 S' dcxTepLas /cat 6 (pacrcro- 

 (j)6vos Koi 6 TTTfpvis dWo'ioi' oi Se nXarvTepoi iepaKei vnoTpiop^ai KoKoivrai, 

 nXXoi 8e TTepKoi Koi criTi^lai, 01 8e Xe'ioi Koi 01 (ppvvokoyoi' yevrj Se Toiu 

 lepaKav (pnai riva eivat oix iXoTTOi Tcof BeKa, 8ia(p€pov(Ti 8' dXXrjKodV, k. t. X. 

 Cf. ib. viii. 3, 592 b. That there were ten species of hawks is asserted 

 by Callimachus, Etym. M. Vide Callim. fr. p. 468, ibique Bentleii ; 

 cf. Schol. ad Ap. Rhod. i. 1049. For lists of the species, cf. Ar. Av. 

 1 1 78, Ael. xii. 4, Dion. De Avib. i. 6, Plin. x. 8, 9, 10. The Egyptian 

 hawks were smaller, Arist. H. A. xii. 4. The various hawks migrate 

 during winter (cf. Job xxxix. 26) except Tpiopx'js, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, or 

 epiletcs, Plin. x. (8) 9. 



Anatomical particulars. — ^oK^v apa irpos tw rJTrnTt Kni roh evrepois 

 e)(ov(ri, 6eppi)v ti]V KoiK'iav, piKpov tov anXriva, Arist. H. A. ii. 1 5, 506 a, 16, 

 506b ; De Part. iii. 7, 670 a. 



Breeding habits. — Arist. H. A. vi. 6, 563, incubates twenty days ; ix. 1 1, 

 615 ff dnoTopoL^ veoTTfVfi. De Gen. ii. y, 746 b doKovaif ol 8in(f)('popTfs t(3 

 e'lSeL piyvv(T0ai irpos dXX})\ovs (an error naturally arising from the sexual 

 difference in size and plumage in many species). H. A. vi. 7, 564 

 y'lvovTUL ol veoTToX r]8vKpew a<po8pa Koi nioies. Ael. H. N. ii. 43 deivios 

 (j)i\66r]'Kvs, cf. Horap. i. 8. Antig. Mirab. 99 (107) rpla pev TUreiv, 

 av^avop(vu>v 8e twv veoTTWv fKXeyeiv tov (va, k. t. X. See also Supra S. V. 

 acTos, and cf. Horap. ii. 99. 



On Hawking. — Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 eV Qpa<rj rrj KaXovpe^r] nore 

 KeSpeiTTo'Xei eV rw eXei Orjptvovaiv 01 nvOpconoL to. opvidia noivr] pera tcov 

 UpaKiiiv. Cf. De Mirab. vi. 118, 841b, Ctesias in Phot. Excerpt, and ap. 

 Ael. iv. 26, Ael. ii. 42, Antig. Hist. Mirab. [Amphipolis], 28 (34), 

 Plin. H. N. X. 8 (10), &c. The account in Dion. De Avib. i. 6, iii. 5, and 



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