KYvpEAOI— AAPOI III 



AAIOX {continued'). 



is chiefly found in the northern and more mountainous parts. 

 Both receive the Mod. Gk. name TrfrpoKo'o-a-u^o? (Heldr.), and 

 were probably confused under the ancient name also. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 19, 617 Sfioios r<a /xeXavi Korrvcfxp ifTTiv 6 XaVoy, to 

 fieyedos fiiKpa eXurrco;/' ovtos fnl Toiv irirpciyp koL eVl r5)v Kfpo/xwi/ tcis dia- 

 rpi^as TToie'iTai. A fabled metamorphosis, Boios ap. Anton. Lib. c. xix. 



It seems all but certain that \n(b6s and Xa'ios refer to the same bird. 

 The correct reading of the name, or names, is unknown. In Arist. 

 H. A. ix. 19, edd. have also (3aios and (fin'ins (cf Camus, i. 747, Schneider, 

 ii. 120). The name \di6s is taken from the passage in Anton. Lib., 

 the supposed derivation from Xaas helping to gain it acceptance. Schn. 

 and Pice, read Xa'ios also for XacSos, q- v. 

 AA'aaFEI- upveov eiBos, Hesych. Possibly connected with Mod. Gk. 



XfXfKi, a Stork ; vide s. v. TreXapyos. 

 AA'POZ, a. A Sea-Gull. In Mod. (and doubtless also in Ancient) Gk. 

 yXiipos includes both the Gulls and the Terns. 



Od. v. 51, a perfect description. Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 509 e^fi rov aro- 

 fiayov evpvv klil TrXarvv oXov. lb. V. ^, 542 b tIkt(i tov depovs, iv rals nepX 

 OaKaTTiiv TTivpais, to ttXi]6os hiio fj Tpia' ov (^a)Xei;ei ; cf. Plin. X. 32. On its 

 breeding habits, see also Dion. De Avib. li. 4. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b Xdpos to xP^^M" o-TroSoaSij?, also 

 Xdpos 6 X(vk6s. The former is, according to Aub. and Wimmer, one 

 of the darker Terns, e. g. Sterna ?tigra, Briss. ; but the epithet seems 

 more descriptive of the ashy grey of the ' Black-backed ' Gulls : cf. 

 fxaXnKOKpavevs. Dion. De Avib. ii. 4 enumerates three sorts: oi fiev 

 XevKo\ Kcii cos nl nfpicrTepai ^paxels' ol 8e tovtiov fxev elcri fxel^ovis Koi la)^vp6- 

 Tepot, nvKvoTaTois 8e TiTepo'is Trepia-KenovTai' Kal Tives en kol tovtcou evfxfyf- 

 6eaTepoi' XevKci S' eVrt Kal tovtols TTTepdy 7TXr]v ocrou errl tois aKporaTais 

 nrepv^i Kai tois Tpaj(i]Xois paXaivovTai. koi tovtols anavTes 01 Xomoi Xdpoi 

 vop.<]s Te /cat eSpas Trapaxapovai Koi us (BacriXevatv inreiKova-i' kcj\ yrjpaaKovai, 

 8' avTols Kvnvea yiveTai iTTfpd. Here the first group are probably the 

 Terns, the last the Black-backed Gulls. 



A bye-word for greediness, Ar. Eq. 959, Nub. 591, Av. 567. Devour 

 dolphins stranded on the beach, AeL xv. 23. Open shell-fish by drop- 

 ping them from a height, Ael. iii. 20. 



Myth and Legend. — Hostile to jSpfvdos, apirr], and epuStoy, Arist. H. A. 

 viii. 3, 593 b, Ael. iv. 5, Phile 682; friendly to koXoms, Ael. v. 48. 

 Killed by pomegranate-seed, Ael. vi. 46, Phile 657. Associated with 

 Hercules, Ar. Av. 567. The Gulls are souls of disembodied fishermen, 

 hence their gentle and peaceable disposition, Dion. I.e. A gull's 

 feather was tied to a fishing-line as a kind of float, Ael. xv. 10. 



Fable.— X(i/)oj kch Ikt'lvos, Aes. 239 (ed. Halm). 



