l6o A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



ITPOY0OKAMHAOI {contumed). 



f'X^i- aXXa xi^as- tovtov 8 chtiov oti to fieyedoi ovK opviBos €';^ei aWa rerpd- 

 iro8os : cf. Plin. x. I, x. (22) 29, xi. (37) 47, &c. Arist. H. A. ix. 15,616 b, 

 lays more eggs than any other bird (the fact being that several lay 

 in one nest), cf. De Gen. iii. i, 749b, and Ael. iv. 37. On the number 

 of eggs (vn-ep TO. oyboriKofTnl), on the construction of the nest, and on 

 its maternal affection, v. Ael. xiv. 7, Phile, 1. c. 



Heraclides ap. Athen. iv. 145 d a-Tpovdol ol 'Apdl3ioi, at the banquets 

 of the Persian King ; and of the ' Indian ' King (orp. ol x(po''i^oi), 

 Ael. xiv. 13 ; also of Heliogabalus, Ael. Lampridius, De Heliog. 28. 



On the capture of the Ostrich see also Diod. Sic. ii. 50, Ael. xiv. 

 7, 0pp. De Ven. iii. 487. The interesting account in Strabo, xvi. 4, 11, 

 doubtless refers to the Ostrich. 



How the Ostrich swallows stones, which are a medicine for the eyes, 

 and how its fat and sinews are a useful tonic, Ael. xiv. 7, Phile, I.e. The 

 price of Ostrich-fat, Plin. xxix. 30. 



Pausan. ix. 31, I rfjv Se 'Apaivorjv (a statue in Helicon) crrpovOus c^epfi 

 Xa^Krj Tuiv anTr'iVaiv' Trrepa fxtv ye Ka\ avrai Kara rnvTo. Ta7s c'iXkais (jivovaiv, 

 VTTo 8e ^dpovs Kai 8ia peyedos ovx old re iariv dvex^iv acpas ef tou depa 

 TO. TTTepd. Cf. the a/es equos of Cat. Ixvi. 54, and Ellis's note thereon ; 

 cf. also Flav. Vop. Firm. c. 6 sedentem ingentibus struthionibus vectum 

 esse ut quasi volitasset. 



0pp. De Ven. iii. 482 et seq. p.kya davpa, perd (TTpovOo'io Kdp7]Xov . . . 

 Tr]S fjTOi peyedos pev VTrep^iov, oaaov vnepde | j/coroi? evpvTaToiaL (pepeiv 

 veodqXea Kovpof' | ov8e pev opvlOecraiv opoiios dp^abov evvrj, | Bd/crptoi/ ola 

 be (f)v\ov e'xovaiv dn6(rTpo(f>a Ae/crpa, &C. 



Ostriches e'v rfj prj vopevrj rrjs Ai/Sur;?, Theophr. Hist. PI. iv. 3, 5. 



Callim. Rhod. ap. Athen. v. 200 f a-rpovdrnv avvccpLSes okto), i. e. eight 

 yoke of ostriches (drawing chariots ?) in a procession of Ptolemy 

 Philadelphus at Alexandria. Cf. Plautus, Pers. ii. 2, 17 Vola curriculo. 

 Isthuc marinus passer per circum solet. Ostriches harnessed to the 

 coach of the Emperor Firmus, Flav. Vopisc. Firm. c. 6. 



Ostrich plumes mentioned, ibid. iv. 4, 5, ix. 12, 5. 



How the eggs are eaten by the Garamantes (in the Libyan Desert), 

 Lucian, Dipsad. 235, but are of inferior quality, Galen, De Ovis, xxii. 



How the Ostrich hides its head in the sand, Oppian, Halieut. iv. 

 630 Tola be Ka\ Ai^vrjs WTepoev ^otov dyKvkobeipov \ viiina Texi^d^ei, k.t.X. 

 Cf. Plin. X. I. 



The name (rTpov6oKdpT]\os is modern, cf. Galen, De Alim. iii. 20 

 to be tSuv (TTpovOoKnpijKuiv [(jvopa Koi toIs Trt/Xntoly] drjBes. ovopd^ovcri 

 yap avrds peydXas (TTpovdovs : cf. ibid. De Prob. Succ. Alim. vi. 

 ITPOYGO'Z, 6 and tj. Also axpoGs, Hesych. Dimin. aTpouOioc, Arist., 



Anax., 3. 164, Ephipp. 3. 326; CTrpouGapioc Eubul. 3. 268 (14); 



CTTpou6ias, Com. Anon. 4.647 (172); o-rpooOis, EusL. Opusc. 312, 



