nvrAProi— lEAEYKii 153 



ZAPI N" opvfov (Idos, oixoiov '^dpa, HeS}'ch. AlsO crapKCn', anepp.n'Koyos, 



Hesych. 

 In both cases it has been suggested to read (raplov, quasi \j/apiov. 

 ZEIPH'N- opviddpiov Ti TToiov, Hesych. Possibly, Uke the ' Sirens,' con- 

 nected with the Heb. sir, to sing. 



Cf. Hesych. S. v. oreiOTJl'es" ol p-ev e'^w yvvaiKcis (paai /xeXwSoi'cray, 6 8e 

 AKvXas (TTpovdoKuprfKov. 



lEIIOnYri'l, o-eio-oupa. Literally Wagtail, Motacilla. Identified with 

 KtyK'Koi, Hesych. : and apparently with I'uy^, Schol. in Theophr. ii. 



17. Cf. also Suid. 'ivy^, TO opvfov, TO \ey6p€vov aeicronvyi^. In 



Mod. Gk., (Tova-ovpdda is the Wagtail. Vide s. v. KiyKXos. 



IEIIO'<t>EAOZ" TO Tcov TpoxiXiov eTSoy, Hesych. 



Perhaps for aeiaoXocpos (J. Albertus in Hesych.), or (Teiao\_K€'\(})a\os, 

 s. o-«croKe/3Aoy, Meineke, Philol. xii. 621. 

 XEAEYKl'l, s. aeXeuKias. The Rose-coloured Pastor, P<islor roseus, 

 Temm. 



Dion. De Avib. i. 22 TroXvSopdoTaTOV opveov rj aeXevKis, Kai pera TrXeiorr;? 

 evX>is d(f)iKvovp(vov rols dypoiKOis, rjv Toiis Knpnovs aKpiScov edrjrai nXrjdos. 

 OTi Tcts pev (payoiaai, tcis 8e Koi dno povrji Trjs (TKids anaipovaai, (KKpivovaiv 

 as av KnTu(j)dyaiai pa8ia>s aiJTLKa, Kai nopBovpiPOii di^dpdai ^iviKr]v uv riy 

 e'inoi crvppaxlav iXifKvBivai. dW' fl Ttjs xdpi-Tos tis tois opveis aTTocTTf- 

 prjCTdf, 8ia(})d(Lpov(Tiv avTai tov craiBevTa Kapnov. 



Zosimi Hist. i. 57. 6 (Schneid. Eel. Phys. i. 51) iv "EiKevKia rfj Kara 

 KiXiKiau AttoXXoivos lepov 28pVTO KoXovpevov 2ap7r/;5oj/iov, koi iv toItw 

 pfpjyarijptoi'. Ta pev ovv irepl tov deov tovtov Xey6p.eva, koi as airaai to'is 

 VTro Xvprjs dKpi8oL>v evoxXovpevnis creXevKidSas TTapa8i8ovs (opvea fie TavTa 

 ev8uuT(i}p€va to'is nepl to lepov tottois) (rvKf^eTTfp,iTe to2s alrovcri, ai 8i 

 Tn7s UKpiai (Tvpnf piTTTdpivai Kai to'is OTopacri TdVTas Sexop^vat Trapaxp^ipa 

 TrXrjdos T€ (ineipov iv aKapialu) SUcpBeipou, Ka\ tTjs eK toxjtuiv ^Xd^rjs tovs 

 avdpainovs dTrrjXXaTTOu, Tavra pep Tjj TrifiKavTa tcov dydpanaiv ev8aipovia 

 nnpirjpi, Toil Kad Tjpds yeuovs dTvoaeiaapevov Beiciv tvepyicriav. Cf. Photius, 

 Cod. ccxxiii. p. 681 (teste Bernhardy, ed. Suid.). 



Plin. X. (27) 39 Seleucides aves vocantur quarum adventum ab love 

 precibus impetrant Casii montis incolae, fruges eorum locustis vastan- 

 tibus. Nee unde veniant, quove abeant, compertum, nunquam con- 

 spectis nisi cum praesidio indigetur. 



Cf. Ael. xvii. 19 ; Galen, De Loc. Affect, vi. 3 ; Hesych., &c. 



The bird, under the name Sa7narinog or Sa/nanna?- is in like manner 

 reverenced to this day by the Arabs ; cf. Niebuhr, Beschreib. v. Arabiens, 

 p. 174. In Mod. Gk. it is called dyionovXi on its Spring migration, 

 when it destroys the grasshoppers, and dia^oXonovXi in Autumn, when 

 it devours the grapes (Heldr.). 



