I06 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KYKNOI {continued). 

 &c.; represented on coins of Clazomenae. With the Greek association 

 of the Swan with Apollo, cf. the Hindoo connexion of the same bird with 

 Brahma. Associated with Venus, in Latin only, Hor. C. iv. I, 9, Sil. 

 Ital. Punic, vii. 441, Stat. Silv. iii. 4, 22 ; cf. the Cilix of Aphrodite and 

 the Swan in the British Museum : vide Kalkmann, Jahrb. d. k. d. Inst., 

 1886, i. 41, Collignon, Gk. Mythol. p. 132, fig. 56 ; see also Guignat, pi. 

 C. 393, Creuzer, pi. liii. 2. 



The Swan's Song.— Hesiod, Sc. H. 314 'A/i(^i 5' "irr}v piev 'Slueavo^ 

 irKrjdovTi eoiKuis \ . . . ol 8e Kar avrov | kvkvol depaiiroTai fieyiiK" tjirvov' 0I 

 pa ye noWol \ vijxoi^ in anpov vdcop : cf. Virg. Aen. viii. 655. Hymn. 

 Hom. xxi $oi/3e, ae p.ev Kai kvkvos vtto Ttrepvyav \ly deldei, | oxd]] fVt- 

 OpoaaKoov ■noTap.ov wdpa divrjevra, \ Ilrjveiov : cf. Meleager I ID in Gk. Anth. 

 i. 31 aKKVoves Trepl iiv[xa, ^eXiSoves dp.(f)\ fieXadpa, \ kvkvos in o)(6ai(Tiv 

 TTOTcifiov, Kal in aXaos drjScov [oSoDcrt] : Eur. L T. II03 \ip.vnv & elXlcr- 

 (Tovcrav vdcop | kvkXov [s, kvkv€Lov], evda kvkvos fxeXail 80s Movaas 6epanev€i : 

 Ar. Av. 769 Toidde kvkvol \ <jvp.p.iyr) 0of]v 6p.ov \ nrepo'is KpeKovres laK^ov 

 'AnoXXo), I ox^cp icj)(^6pevoi nap'"E^pov norapovl Callim. Hymn. Del. 249 

 KVKvoi de 6eov fieXnovres doidol | Mrjoviov TlaKTcoXov iavKXaiaavTo Xinovres | 

 E/3So/LiaKts nep\ AtjXou, inr]ei<jav 8i Xo^eij] | Movcrdcov opvides, aoiSoVarot 

 neTerjvuiv : Pratin. i. 7 (Bergk 457) oui re kvkvov ciyovrn noiKiXonrepov 

 fxiXos : Dion. De Avib, ii. 19 dprrj^ovaiv avrols abovaiv o"i re CTKoniXoi 

 Kai al (fidpnyyes, Koi ixovaiKcoTaTovs navratv tovtovs iafxev opvidcov, Koi lepovs 

 KaXovfiev ' AnoXXcovos. aSoucri S' ovx} 6pT]vu>8es, coanep ol dXKvoves, dXX' r]8u 

 Ti Kal fifXixpov, Kal olov avXo7s r) Kiddpais ;)cpa)/M6i'oi : Anon. 468 in Gk. 

 Anth. IV. 218 el KVKVcp 8vvaTni Knpv8os napanXt]aiop aSeiv '. Antip. Sidon. 

 47) lb. ii. 19 XwiTfpos KvKvcov 6 piKpos 6p6os rje koXolu>u | Kpayfjibs iv flnpLvals 

 Ki8vdfjL(vos vf(])eXtus : Theocr. Id. v. 136 ov defxirov . . . 'inonns KvKvoiatv 

 ipia-Seiv : cf. Ar. Ran. 207, Lucret. iii. 16, iv. 182, Virg. Eel. viii. 36, 

 55) Mart. 1. 54) Plut. El. ii. 387 (JLOvcriKjj re ijSerm, Kal kiikvcov <pa>va'is. 



Especially of the dying Swan, Aesch. Ag. (1419), 1444 kvkvov 81kt]i',\ 

 Tov vcrrarov fj.iXyJMi(Ta davdaifiov yoov \ Keirai cpiXi'jTcop toOS' : cf. Plato, 

 Phaedo 85 B, Rep. 620 A ; cf. Porphyr. De Abst. iii. p. 286 ov nai^a)v 

 6fio8ovX(ivs avTov eXeyev tovs kvkvovs [6 ^(OKpdTrjs], Ael. ii. 32, v. 34 

 neniarevKe yap on p.rj8ev6s dXyeivov p-rjBe Xinapov pLireaTi davdroi, with 

 which passage cf. Chrysipp. ap. Athen. xiv. 616 B (piXoa-KanTijs, [xeXXcov 

 ano TOV 8rjp,lov aCJ^drTeadui elne'iv e(f)ri deXeiv aya-nep to kvkvuov acros 

 dnodavflv: Plut. Mor. 161 C i^acrai 8e Kal tov j3lov TeXevrcov Kal fi) yeveadai 

 KaTO. TovTO Tcov KVKVCOV dyevvecTTepos : Phile, De An. Pr. x. 233 avdpane 

 0iXo\|/'u;^e, TOV kvkvov jBXenav, \ nphs Trjv TeXevri'jv, ft (ppovels, ^') a-Tvyvda-t]s : 

 cf. Cic. De Orat. iii. i, I ; see also Ael. x. 36, xi. i ; Fab. Aes. 215, 

 216, 416 b; Apoll. Rhod. iv. 1301 ; Polyb. xxx. 4, 7, xxxi. 20, i; 

 Opp. Cyneg. ii. 547 ^^'^ ^P'^ ''"<'«• fiodvoicnv iv dpvlBeaaiv 'iaai \ kvkvoi 

 fj-avTinoXoi yoov vaTUTov dei8uvTes : Dio Chrysost. Orat. Cor. p. I02 



