66 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



IE PAH {coutitmed). 



probably also in Martial, Ep. xiv. 216, refers to bird-catching with 

 a captive hawk, as with the owl. See also for much curious informa- 

 tion, '\i()nKo<T6(\)\.ov, s. rei accipitrariae scriptores, ed. Paris, 1612, and 

 Leipzig, 1866, also Schlegel's Fauconnerie, &c. 



Metamorphosis with the Cuckoo.— Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 562 b, Plut. 

 Arat. cap. xxx, Tzetz. ad Lye. 395 ; Geopon. xv. I. Theophr. De PL ii. 

 4, 4. Vide s. vv. cttoi)/, k6kku|. 



Myth and Legend.— Worship of Hawks in Egypt, Herod, ii. 65, 67 ; 

 Ael. X. 14 hXyinxTioi TOP UpaKii 'AnoWavi Tifiau (oiKaai (cf. II. XV. 237, Od. 

 XV. 526 and Eust, in loc, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1052), koi tov fxh Beov'Slpov 

 KaXovai rf] (puivj} rfj cr(p(Tfpa ... 01 yap upoKes opv'idcav pLOvoi rals aKrla 

 TOV t}Xi'.ov paticos Koi a^aaavLarOis avri^XiTTOvrfs, k.t, \. : cf. ib. xi. 39 ^^'^ 

 vii. 9, where the priests are called UpaKo^ouKoi ; cf. also Plut. Is. et Os. 

 Ii. p. 371. Ael. xii. 4 6 pev nfpSiKodrjpas Ka\ bJKVTTTepos 'AndWoivoi iari 

 Ofpanoiv (pacrl, (prjvijv 6e Ka\ apnr)v 'Adrjva TTpoffPfpovaiv, Kppov Se top 

 (f)aaaro(f)6vTr]v lidvppa ewal (paaiv, 'Hpay he tov TavvcriTTTepov, KaX tov 

 Tpiopxrjv ovTca KoKovpevov ApTtpiSos. pri'f'pi he 6tu>v tov peppvov. See 

 also Strabo, Geogr. xvii. i. 47, Horap. i. 8, Pier. Valer. Hierogl. xxi, 

 &C. Tives 8e (paaiv ev tois ap^nlois \povoi£, UpaKa ^i^Xiov eveyKeiv eis 

 Qi'i^as To'is Ifpevcri (poiviKa pappaTi nepieiXrjppevov, exov yeypappevns Tas 

 Toiv depaTTflas re fcai Tipds' hionep koi tovs lepoypnppaTfls (ftopelv (poivtKovv 

 pappa Kai nTepbv lepaKos inl Trjs Kf(f)aXrii, Diod. Sic. i. 87, 8. The 

 Egyptian Sun-god Phra with a hawk's head, Upa<6p,op(f)os, lepaKonpoa-- 

 anos, Philo ap. Eus. P. E. 41 D, 116 D (i. 10, iii. 12), Horap. i. 6. 

 In the Rig-Veda the sun is frequently compared to a hawk, hovering 

 in the air. The hawk associated with fire-worship, Ael. x. 24. A three- 

 legged hawk sometimes seen in Egypt, Ael. xi. 39. Moult before 

 the inundation, ib. xii. 4 ; live seventy years, ib. x. 14; the leg-bone 

 has an attraction for gold, ib. ; throw earth on an unburied corpse, 

 ib. ii. 42. Salve their eyes with OpiSaKivr] or wild lettuce, ib. ii. 43 

 (also Dion. De Avib. i. 6); hence, as well as by reason of their sharp 

 sight, the Hawk or Eagle in medicine constitute a remedy for diseases 

 of the eye, Plin. xxix. (6) 38, &c. ; as does the herb lepaKiov, Horap. i. 

 6, Plin. XX. (7) 26, xxxiv. (11) 27: it is seldom possible to trace any 

 meaning in the mystical herbs associated with particular animals, and 

 it is therefore worth noting in this instance that dpihoKivr] is the sacred 

 herb of Adonis. Are supposed by some to be bastard eagles, Ael. ii. 

 43 ; how a hawk caused the apprehension of a sacrilegious thief at 

 Delphi, ib. ; how the hawks in Egypt repair to certain Libyan islands 

 to breed, having sent two messengers in front, ib. (cf. Plin. H. N. x. 8, 

 Diod. Sic. i. 87); do not eat the heart, ib. ii. 42 ; hostile to the fox, the 

 eagle, and the vulture, ib. Are exempt from thirst, Damasc. V. Isid. 

 97 (cf. s. v. acTos), but drink blood instead of water, Horap. i. 7. Their 



