l66 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



TAfll {coniiniicd). 



Tpi(f)ovTai TOCOS rlfiepm. It was likewise kept in Babylon, Diod. Sic. ii ; 

 and the passage in Ar. Ach. 63 may imply that the Persian ambassador 

 was bringing a present of peacocks to the City. How Alexander 

 protected the Indian Peacocks on account of their beauty, under pain 

 of a heavy penalty, Ael. v. 21. An Indian Peacock presented to the 

 Egyptian King, Ael. xi. 2,3' The Indian Peacocks larger than elsewhere, 

 ibid. xvi. 2. The Peacock throne at Babylon (as to this day, according 

 to report, at Teheran), Philostr. 386 k. 



The Peacock, like the Cock, was also called the Persian Bird. 

 A Schol. on Ar. Av. 707 has ra TroXvreX^ Tvavra, oU fxovos fSaaiKevs ixp^lTo, 

 (KaXeiTo UepaiKu' Km vvv ovk Idicoi tis opvis UepffKos. rives 8e rov 

 ciXeKTpvoua, ol fie top raat. Cf. Suidas, WrfbiKos opvis, 6 racor. Taws 

 evnrjXi]^, 6 MrjSiKus Koi p^pLiCTOTrrepo? kol aXa^oviKos opvis ; cf. Philostr. 

 loc. cit. Vide s. v. MtjEikos opcis. 



The Peacock as food, Ael. iii. 42 ; first so used by Hortensius, ibid. 

 V. 21, Plin. X. (20) 23; cf. Hor, Sat. ii. 2. 28, Juv. Sat. ii. 143, vii. 32, 

 Varro, De R. R. iii. 6, Columella, viii. 11, and innumerable other Lat. 

 references. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. vi. 9, 564 6 Se rcuos Cfl P-^v Tvep\ rrevTe Kai 

 e'lKoaiv ert] (cf. Plin. x. (20) 22), yevva de TpieTrjs /xdXtora, iv ois koX rqv 

 ttoiklXUiv tu>v TTTepoiv aTToXap-IBdvei' eVXeVei 5 e'v TpiaKovB' fip-epais t) piKpat 

 TrXeioaiv. ana^ de tov erovs p.6vov TiKrei, riKTei S ali 86)8tKa rj p.iKpa) e'XuTTai. 

 TiKTei he fiiaXeiTTcoj/ hvo rj rpels i]pepns Ka\ ovk e(f)e^?js (cf. Ael. V. 32, Plin. X. 

 (59) 79) Colum. viii. 11, Pallad. i. 28, &c.). al de TrpcororoKoi puXlo-tci 

 Trepl OKTO) wa. tIktovcti S' ol Taa> Ka\ {nTrjvep.ia. o^euovrai de nepl to eap' 

 yivernL de Kai 6 tokos evQecos ptera t!]v o)(eiav. TCrepoppvei de apa toIs 

 Trpcorois Toiv devdpav Koi cipxerai avdis cnvoXap-^aveiv t!]v TrrepaxTiv Spa t;] 

 TOVTiov ^XacTTrjcrei. aXe/cTopt'St 8' vTvoTiOeacriv avTcov to. aa eTTcod^eiv ol 

 Tpecpovres dui to tov "tppeva t>]S drjXeias tovto dpMarjs eTnTveT6p,evov crvvTpi- 

 (Beiv : cf. Arist. fr. 274. 1527 b, ap. Athen. ix. 397 b. 



Its plumage and its 'pride,' Mosch. Id. ii. 59 opvLs dynXX6p.€vos 

 TTTepvyMv TToXvavOei XP^'-U (cf- Ael. 1. C. eoiKev dvBrjpa Xeipcovi) | rapaa S' 

 avanXaia'as, axrei re tis uKvaXos vrjvs, | ;(pv(ret'ov raXdpoio TrepLdKene x^iXea 

 rdpa-ois. Ael. V. 21 o Taws oidev opvldmv oopaioraTos a>v, kol evdd 01 to 

 KdXXos KddrjTai Kai tovto oide, Kai eV avTa Kopq, Kai cro/3epoy eari, Kai 

 Bappel Tols TTTepo'is, cocnrepovv avra Kai Kocrpov TTapaTidrjai, Kai Tvpos tovs 

 e^cjidev (po^ov dnoareXXei, k.t.X. Ach. Tat. i 6 de tov raa Xeipotv elavOe- 

 arepos' nfCJivTevTai yap avTM Kai ;^pucroj ev toIs mepo'is, kvkX(o de to dXovpyes 

 TOV xpvo'ov Tvepideei tov 'iaov kvkXov. Arist. H. A. i. I, 488 b opvis (f)dovep6s 

 Kai (jiiXoKaXos, Lucian. Dom. 11 (3. 196) eiria-rpicfiei yovv eavrov, Kai 

 nepidyei Kai e'pnopnevei rw /ciiXXei. Dion. De Avib. i. 28 to KdXXos de 6 

 Ta5)s TO olKe'tov TedavpaKe, Kai el KaXov tis avTOV oi'opdcreiev, fiidvs tu>v 

 TTTepwv TCI uvdt] peptypeva ;^pi;(T&), waTrep tlvci Xeip.cbi'a, deUvvaiv dvaa-TTjaas, 



