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KOPAE {continued). 

 after the rising of Corvus, as does also Taurus). The raven is friendly 

 to the fox, Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609 b. The raven's eggs dye the hair and 

 the teeth black, Ael. i. 48, Phile, De An. vi, Plin. xxix. (6) 34. The 

 raven in medicine, Plin. xxix. (4) 13, &c. After killing a chameleon, 

 the raven uses a leaf of laurel as an antidote to the reptile's venom, 

 Plin. viii. (27) 41. 



For an account of the various Raven-myths discussed in connexion 

 with the astronomic symbolism of the constellation Corvus, see Hygin. 

 Poet. Astron. xl, Fab. ccii, Gentian, c. xl, Eratosthen. c. xli, Theon. 

 p. i5i,Vitruv. ix. 7, Ovid. 1. c, Dupuis, Oi'ig. de tous les cultes, vi. 

 p. 457,&c. 



A "Weather-prophet.— A prophet of storm : Arat. 963-969 S^ wore Ka\ 

 •yeJ'eat KopuKcov Koi (piiXa Kokoiaivl vBaros ip-)(Ofjievoio Aios ndpa crrjp.' eyefoiTO, | 

 (^aivojxivoi ayeKrjha Koi IprjKeacriv Ofiola | 0^ey|a/j.ei'oi . . . fj nore koL Kpco^avTf 

 ^apcij] dicr(Ta.Ki (f)aivf] \ fxaKpov iTrippoi^evcn rivnacroyifVOL vrrepa irvKpa. '. cf. 

 Theophr. De Sign. vi. I, 16 Kopa^ noWas nera^uWeiv elcodas (pcovds, 

 TOvTcav iav Ta)(v 81? (f)6ey^riTai kol inippoi^rjcrr] Ka\ rivd^rj to. nrepa vScap arj- 

 fiaiveC Ka\ idv virSiV ovrav noWas /M€7a,SaXX,r; (pcovas Koi (au (pdeipi^rjTni 

 iiT fXalas' /cat idv re evbins edv re vSaros ovtos p.ip.TJTia rrj (f)u>vfj olov 

 ara\ayfiovs vSoop arifiaivti (vide Aratus, 1. c), cf. ib. c. 3 ; Arist. ap. Ael. 

 vii. 7 Taxeas kol emrpoxois (pdeyyofievos Ka\ Kpovatv ras nrepvyas Koi Kporwv 

 avTaSjOri ;^;ft/na)»' earai Kareyva) irpMros. Kopa^ 8e av Koi Kopinvrj koi KoKoihs 

 beiXrjs 6'^ias fl (fiBiyyoivTO, ^^Lpcovos eaecrdai riva eViSij/xtai' SiddcrKovai : 

 Plut. Sol. Anim. ii. 129 A, Nic. Ther. 406 and Schol., &c. A sign of 

 fair weather: Arat. 1003 kol KopaKes p.ovvo{ip.(i/' epijfialoi (BooavTes \ ditr- 

 aaKis, avTcip fneiTa yay adpna KeKXrjyaiTes | nXeiorepoi, dye\r]86i> inrjv koltoio 

 fif8a)VTai I (f)a)vt]s e^rrXeiot. : cf. Theophr. op. cit. vi. 4, 1 3, Q. Smyrn. xii. 

 513, Geopon. i. 2, 6; i. 3, 8, Plin. xviii. 87, Virg. G. i. 382, 410. In 

 the Georgics, the allusion is evidently to rooks, as is perhaps also the 

 case, though more doubtfully, in Aratus ; cf. W. W. Fowler, ' A Year 

 with the Birds ' (3rd ed.), p. 234. 



Varieties.— White ravens, Arist. H. A. iii. 12, 519: cf De Color. 

 6, 799 b ; Cod. Rhod. Lect. Antiq. xvii. 1 1 ; though X(vk6s Kopa^ = 

 cygmis niger, an unheard-of thing, Anth. Pal. xi. 417 (Jac. iv. 130) 

 Tt TTfipafeis' XfVKov 18(iv KopnKa ; see also Photius, s. v. e$ KopaKas ; 

 Athen. 359 E ; Lucian, Epigr. 9 (3, 689) Outtov erju X^vkovs KopaKas, 

 7Trr]i'ds T€ ;(eXcovas | evpeiv ^ doKifiov ptjropn KannaSoKrju : cf. Schol. in Ar. 

 Nub. 133 ; Juv. Sat. vii. 202. Cf. fable of Kopa^ koI kvkvos, Aes. 206. 

 According to Boios and Simmias, ap. Anton. Lib. c. xx, Lycias, son 

 of Cleinis, was metamorphosed into a white Raven. The ravens in 

 Egypt are smaller than in Greece, Arist. H. A. viii. 28, 606. 



depoKopal, a fabulous variety, Lucian, Yer. Hist. i. 16. Kopa| 



