190 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XEAIAQN {continued). 



especially in connexion with the Swallow's relation towards the un- 

 doubtedly solar errov//'. 



Deprived of Sleep. — Hesiod ap. Ael. V. H, xii. 20 rr]v hi x^^'^o''" 

 ovK fs TO TTavTeKfs aypvivvdv kol TavTT]v, aiT0^t^\r)Kevai. de rov vnvov to 

 rjUKTv' Tifxatpiav 8e apa Tavrrjv tKrivovai 8ia to nddos to Iv QpOKr] KaTuToX- 

 fxrjdev TO is to helnvov eKi'ivo to adeap-ov. Cf. Himerius, Orat. iii. 3, p. 432 

 d(f)!r]pi 5e Koi rntj xe\i86ai tois ^AttikoLs tov pvBov (Kelvov tov QpuKiov. 



Other Myths and Legendary Allusions. — How the mother brings to 

 her young, being blind at first, sight by means of a certain herb 

 (xeXiSoi/toj/), for which men have often sought in vain ; Ael. ii. 3, iii. 24, 

 Phil. 20. Cf- Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 508 b, vi. 5, 563 Toiv he veoTTcou av tis 

 en vecov ovtcov Trjs ;^eXiSoi'OS to. bppoTa (KKepTtjarj, yivovTai vyiels nai /SXf- 

 TTova-LvvaTepov : also De Gen. iv.6. 774 b ; Antig. Mirab. 72 (78), 98 (106); 

 Plin. viii. 27. On the ^fXiSof/a or ' Swallow-stone,' a cure for blindness, 

 epilepsy, &c., see Theoph. Nonn. 36, Diosc. ii de hirundine, Plin. xi. 

 79, xxxvii. 56; cf. Evangeline, I. ii. 133 'the wondrous stone which the 

 Swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its 

 fledglings ' ; Baring-Gould, Myths of the M. Ages ; Lebour, Zoologist, 

 xxiv. p. 523, 1866, &c. Hence the ashes of Swallows are a remedy 

 for cataract, Plin. xxix. 38 ; Galen, De Fac. Simpl. Med. Ch. Boiled 

 swallow, a remedy for the bite of a mad dog, Plin. xxviii. (10) 43. 



How the mother immolates herself over the bodies of her dead 

 children : Opp. Hal. v. 579 <^^ ^' onoT opToKix^oim ;^f\i5ocri frjTTidxoicri] 

 Vip6ev vTTf^ 6p(')(})oio Tvxa>v ocpis hjX'- TTeXdaarrj | Koi tovs pev Kareneipfe . . . 

 pr]Tt]p oe npcoTov pev aTvCopeft] hehuprjTai \ Xoiyca TeTpiyv'in <{)6vov yoov' oX\' 

 0T€ Tvaihai\ ddptjar] (fidipeuovs, 17 6' ovk(ti (pv^iv oXedpov \ hi^erai, nX\' avT^aiv 

 vnal yevveaai hpaKovTos | elXelrai pecrtp' opvtv t\r] naihoKTOPOs citt]. 



The twittering of Swallows likened to the speech of barbarous 



tongues, Aesch. Ag. 1050 x^^i-^dvos hUr]!' \ dyvcoTa (ficovrju ^dp^apov KfKTrj- 

 pevri. Ar. Av. 1 68 1 el pt) jSo^pdCei {s. /3a/3a^ft, (SariCei, ^av^ei, TiTv^l^ei, 

 &C.) y axTTxep ai ^^fXifioi/ef. Hence 6 ;^eXtSa)i/=6 ^dpISapos, cf. Ion. ap. 

 Schol. Ar. Av. 1680; Ar. Ran. 680. Similarly, Eur. Alcmen. fr. 91 

 XeXidovuiv pova-ela, explained by Hesych. u>s ^dp^apa Kai davvera ttolovv- 

 Toiv TOiV TpayiKcov: cf. Ar. Ran. 93 ;^eXtS()i/a)i/ povae'in, Xiol^rjToi Texvr)s. See 

 also Suidas. Cf. Nicostr. 3. 288 (Mein.) el to (rvvexw naX noXXa kcu 

 Taxecos XaXelv | rjv tov cppoveiv irapdo'Tpiov, at ;(6Xi6oi'es | eXeyovT av rjpuiv 

 (r(orf)poveaTepai noXv. 



The Pythagorean injunction x^^'^'J^'ci e'u oiKia pi) hexfo-Sm, Pythag. 

 ap. Iambi. Adhort., xxi, may be thus understood of foreigners : 

 Arist. fr. 192, 1512 b, Hesych. TovTeaTi XdXovs dvdpdinovs Spoipocplovs pfj 

 noielaOai. Other explanations in Plut. Symp. viii. 7 ;^eAiScbi' TJj cf)vaei 

 piadv6pii)nos, napdSeiypa tov d/3e/3aiOD Kal dxaplcTTOv : Diog. Laert. viii. 17, 



