nEPIITEPA— nHNEAO»^ I47 



HEPKNOnTEPOI {contimied). 

 he has to suppose ■n-repa ^paxvraTa (alis minimis, Plin. 1. c), to be an 

 error for fiaKpoTnra. 



The Egyptian Vulture, Neophron pe7-aiopierns, L., Sav., though the 

 black-and-white of its plumage might be associated with the name 

 ope'ineKapyos, and though a comparison might also be drawn with 

 the Stork in connexion with the Egyptian stories of its parental 

 affection, is by no means peyidei p-'yta-roi, and is nearly all white, 

 instead of merely on the head. In short, the bird is not to be clearly 

 identified, and the passage, like much of its immediate context, is 

 altogether obscure. 



riEPKNO'l. A kind of Eagle = ii.6p^vo<s, vr]Tro<^6i>o<i, irXdyyo;, q.v. 

 [Tr€pKv6s = fxe^as, Suid.). 



II. xxiv. 316 ahrou . . . p6p<pvov SrjprjTijp' ov Kai nepKvov KoXeovariv. Arist. 

 De Mirab. 60, 835 e< 8e dXiaeraiv (fi>]vr] yiverai, (K Se Tovrav TrepKvoi Koi 

 ■yiiTrff. Cf. Plin. x. (i) 3 ; Lye. 260. 



In regard to the obscure words p.6p(j)cos, irepitfos, irepKos, it is hard 

 to be content with the SchoHastic explanations which treat them as 

 mere colour-epithets : such an interpretation may or may not be true, 

 and various facts suggest that there is more to be learned regarding 

 them. For instance, eniTrfpKvos (Xen. Cyn. v. 22) is said to be likewise 

 a mere colour-epithet (J. Poll. v. 67), but the relations between nepKuos, 

 p6p([)vos, peXavdiTos and Xaywcjxji'os make it at least somewhat striking 

 that eniTTfpKvos, in the only passage where it occurs, should be applied 

 to the Hare. 



riE'PKOI. A kind of Hawk. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 «XXoi hi ntpKoi nai crnL^iai : fortasse nec 

 Aristoteli ipsi cognita sunt, Scalig. p. 249. If nepKos and a-iriCias are 

 identical, the former, if it mean dark-coloured, agrees as an epithet 

 with the traditional identification of the latter with the Sparrow-hawk. 



riE'PNHI, V. 11. TTTcpi'is, -mepvis, 7rTepi'T)s. A kind of Hawk. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 6 S' cia-Tepias /cat 6 (pa(T(jo<p6vos Ka\ 6 nepvrjs 

 aWo'ioi. Hesych. Trrepvls, (i8os lepuKos. 



HHNE'AOO'. a kind of Wild Duck or Goose. 



Ibyc. 8 (13) woiKiXai naveXones. Alcae. fr. 84 (Bergk) opvides rivts 018' ; 

 aiKedvu) yiis r dnv Treppdrcov | i)X6ov nai/eXoTres noiKiXodetpoi Tapva-inTipoi, 

 Ion. ap. Hesych. S. v. (poiviKoXeyvov' 'Itoi/ tow ■nr]vtXona to opveov, tov yap 

 Tpd-)(riXou (Trinav (jioivtKovv, 17 6e Xiyvrj napfXKfi. 



Mentioned also, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b (with xv^'o^'^^V^j o'^* &c.) ; 

 cf. Ar. Av. 298, 1302, and Schol. 6 iTT]viXoy\r vrjTTjj piv eVrij/ opoLov, TTfpiaTf- 

 pas Se ptyeBos' pepvrjrai 6e aiiTOv 'Irrjaixopoi Kal' l^vKos, 



From the superficial resemblance of the name to x'l^'aXuTTT]^, \T}vdXoL^p■ 



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