MEMNS2N— NEBPO<t>ONOZ 



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MEPO* {cotttimied). 



TTTjxdf. lb. vi. I, 559 o** ^ "' BotwTot KoKoiKTiv aepoTTa, us ras onas ev rrj 

 yfj Karu^vofxevoi vforreifi fiovos. 



On the filial piety of fj,(po^, 6i»caidraro? koi elae^eararos opvidav andv- 

 Tcov, see Ael. xi. 30, Plin, x. i:^:^) 51 ; cf. Boch. Hieroz. ii. p. 302. 



Is destructive to bees, Arist. H. A. x. 40, 626, Ael. v. 11, vii. 6, Plut. 

 Mor. 976 c, Geopon. xv. 2, Phile 650, Virg. Georg. iv. 14. 



Is said to fly backwards, Ael. i. 49. 



A fabled metamorphosis, Boios, 1. c. 'AnoXkav 8e SpviOa fnoirja-e t6u 

 irmha rjeponov, os en vvv tlktu fiev vtto yTJs, del 8e iieXera neTfcrdai. 



MHAIKOI^ "OPNEII" M^Sot ciXfKTpvovfs, Hesych. Vide s. v. dXcKxpowi'. 

 Cf. also Plin. X. 21, Colum. viii. 2, Varr. R. R, iii. 9, and Festus. 

 In Latin a common reading is Melicae gallinae; cf. Colum. 1. c. 

 The term ' INIedian bird ' is applied also to the Peacock. 



Suid. M»;StKos opvis' 6 raws. Id. rncbs evrrrpir]^' 6 MrjBiKos Kal xp^conrepos 

 Ka\ dXaCoviKos opvis. Cf. Schol. ad Ar. Ach. 6^ ^Kovrts dnb Ilepaidos raav 

 e)(ovTfs fXrjXvdaa-iv : also Ar. Av. 707 6 8e HepaiKov opviv, ubi Schol. rives 

 be Tov dXtKTpvova, 01 8e tov raw : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. ii. i opveis 

 enl TovTois (TvvoovovvTai tovs dno (paaidos, drTnyas AlyvKTias, Mrjdov Tacova : 

 ibid. iii. 4 opveis 1v8ikovs, koi racovas MijdiKOvs eKTpecpovcri, 



MONO'IIPOI. A breed of fowls in Egypt. 



opveis e'v ^AXe^avbpeia rfj Tvpos A'iyvTTTOv ela-i, e^ wv ol p.axnioi okeKTpvoves 

 yevvwvrai, Geopon. xiv. 7, 30. 



MO'P*NOZ. An Eagle or Vulture. In Plin., the Lammergeier. 



Supposed to be connected with the idea of dark or black; cf. 

 op(f)vr], Russ. 7nrachioe, Eng. murky. [p6p(pvos = a-Koreivos, Suid., 

 but = ^af^df, Hesych.). 



II. xxiv, 315 avrUa 5' alerov rjKe, TeXeiorarov rrererjvav, \ p6p(f)vov 6r)pr]Trjp', 

 ov Kal TvepKvov KaXeovmv (cf. II. XX. 252 ; Porphyr. Schol. ; also Heyne's 

 note, in loc). Hes. Scut. 134 pnp(pvolo <pXeyvao KaXvirropevoi nrepvyeaai. 

 Lycophr. 838 tov xP^^°''^'^'''P'^^ fj.6p(f)vov. According to Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 32, 618 b, identical with TrXdyyos and vr)TTo<^6vos (here also written 

 fjLop4)os, p.op<f)6s)- Plin. X. 3 Phemonoe Apollinis dicta filia dentes ei 

 esse prodidit, mutae alias, carentique lingua : eandem aquilarum 

 nigerrimam, prominentiore Cauda. Ingenium est ei testudines raptas 

 frangere e sublimi iaciendo, &.c. Cf. Suid., who definitely apphes the 

 name to a Vulture ; finp<pvos, eldos derov' p,6voi he ovtol rav neroif ov 

 Kvvr]yeTOv(Tiv, dXXa veKpols (Ti>ixa<n Tpe(f)0VTai. Vide S. V. ueXakdeTOS. 



MY'TTHH' opvis noios, Hesych. 



NE BPAE. ve[3paKes' 01 lippeves veoTTol tS>v dXeKTpvovav, Hcsych. 



NEBPO*0'NOI. Arist. H. A. ix. 32, 618 b = iruYapYos, q. v. 



