194 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XHN {continued). 



j3i<ov : whose priests used it as food, Herod, ii. 37 ; as did the 

 Pharaohs, Diod. Sic. i. 70, and the sacred cats, ibid. i. 84. 



The Geese of the Capitol, sacred to Juno, Diod. Sic. xiv. 116 ; Ael. xii. 

 32 ; cf. Liv. V. 47, Cicero pro Roscio, 20, Virg. Aen. viii. 655, Plin. x. 26, 

 xxix. 14, Ovid, Fasti, i. 453. Cf. ref. to the bird's watchfulness, Arist. 

 H. A. i. I, 488 b opveou al(TxvvTT]X6tf Kai (f)v'KaKTiK6v : also noted in the 

 Vedas (Zimmer, Alt.-ind. Leben, p. 90, aV. Keller) ; cf. also Chaucer, 

 ' the waker goose.' Its wisdom, Ael. v. 29, cf. Ovid, Met. viii. 684, 

 xi. 599 canibus sagacior anser. 



Sacred to Venus in Cyprus (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. vi) and to Priapus, 

 Petron. Sat. 136, 137. 



The Goose was sacrificed to Isis and Osiris in Autumn (Paus. i.e.), as 

 by the ancient Germans to Woden at Michaelmas (Keller, op. c. p. 301). 

 An erotic bird ; a goose enamoured of a boy, Ael. v. 29 ; of a musi- 

 cian, ibid. i. 6 ; and of a philosopher, ibid. vii. 41. Cf. Ael. iv. 54 ; 

 Athen. xiii. 606 c ; Plut. Mor. 972 F. A lover's gift, Ar. Av. 707. 

 Hence, in Mod. Gk., a term of endearment, x^"^ 1^°"} ""aTTTrtn /xou 

 {TTa-mrla meaning a duck, but cf. Ar. Vesp. 297, &c.). Portends, in 

 dream-prophecy, the birth of a wanton maid, Artemid. Oneirocr. iv. 83. 

 Goose-fat as an aphrodisiac, Plin. xxviii. (19) 80, &c. On sacrifices of 

 the Goose vide Gust. Wolff, Porphyr. De Phil., Ex Orac. Haur. Libr. 

 Reliq., Berlin, 1856; cf. Philologus xxviii. p. 189, 1869. On the erotic 

 symbolism of the Goose, see {inf. al.) Creuzer, Symb. iv. p. 423. 



Tame Geese also mentioned. Soph. Fr. 745 ndacrov fie xn^(^ *«"' nepia-- 

 Tepav, ecpeartov oiKeTiv re. Eubul. ap. Athen. xii. 519 kui yap ttoVo) koXXlov, 

 iKerfvco, Tpe(f)eiv \ avOpamov ear' avdpauov av exTI Z^""') I h X^^'^ nXaTvyl^ovTa 

 Ka\ Kexrjvora : cf. Plut. Mor. 958 E. They were kept in the temples ; 

 Artemid. 1. c. iepol yap 01 X^"*^ °' *'" t/aols avarpetpopfvoi. Brought as 

 gifts to the Indian king, Ael. xiii. 25. 



Fatted Geese, Epigen. ap. Athen. ix. 384 acrnep xi^a o-treuroi/ 'irpf^e 

 fie, &c. Eubul. 2Tf(}). ibid, d prj av xii'"s rjnap 17 \|/vx')'^ ^'x"^ • Pall. Alex, 

 xxi, Gk. Anth. iii, 119 x'T'os aXia-To. Xinr] : cf Juv. v. 114, Colum. xiv. 8, 

 &c. A favourite food of the younger Cyrus, Xen. Anab. i. 9, 26. 

 Given by the Egyptians to Agesilaus, Athen. 1. c. Brought from 

 Boeotia to the Athenian market, Ar. Ach. 878, Pax 1004 ; kept like- 

 wise in Macedonia and in Thessaly, Plat. Gorg. 471 C, Polit. 264 C. 

 Cf. Plut. ii. 210 c, Plin. x. (22) 27, &c. 



They were kept, but not eaten, by the Celtic inhabitants of Britain, 

 Caes. Bell. Gall. v. 12 ; very much as at the present day. 



On goose-livers x'?«'e'a rjirara, cf. (z«/. a/.) Athen. ix. 384, Plut. ii. 965 a 

 Geopon. xiv. 22, Plin. x. 52, Hon Sat. ii. 8, 88, Juv. v. 114, Mart, 

 xiii. 58, and many Comic fragments. A goose-herd, x'lvoi^oa-Kos, Cratin. 

 ap. Athen, 1. c, Diod. i. 74 ; a goose-farm or goose-pen, ;tf;i^o,'3ocrKeJoi/, 



