XHN— XHNAAnnHE I95 



XHN {continued^. 

 Varro, R. R. iii. 10, i, ;^r;i/o/3o(rKioi/, Geopon. xiv. 12, I, xr]varpn^i''iov, 

 Colum. viii. 1,3; cf. xr\vo^a)r'M, Plat. Polit. 264 C. 



On goose-fat, or goose-flesh, in medicine, Plin. xxix. 38, Nicand. Alex. 

 228, Celsus, ii. 18, &c. ; the blood, in medicine, ibid. xxix. 33, cf. Diosc. 

 Alexiph. c. 30, Galen, Comp. Medic, xi. i. On the use and value of the 

 feathers and down, Plin. x. 53; cf. Hesych, \ivovi' t6 XeTTTOTarov itTepov, 

 Kvpicos 8e To>u x^ff^"' 



Eubul. ITpo'/cp. i. 5 (3. 247 M), ytiXa xv^o^j * pigeons' milk,' of an un- 

 known luxury. 



Destructive to the crops, Babr. 13, Aesop, 76. 



A weather prophet, Arat. IO21 koX x^''^^ KXayyrjdoi/ iirfiyofievai ^patfioio I 



Xeifiavos fieya aijfia. Cf. Theophr. Sign. vi. 3 ; Geopon. i. 3, 9 ; Avien. 

 Aratea, 432 ; Suid. 



Capture by decoys, Dion. De Avib. iii. 23 ; see also Nemes. Cyn. 314. 



Killed by laurel, ^I'Kpvj] and po8o8a(f)vT], Ael. v. 29, Phile, De An. xv. 

 Use the herb sideritis as a remedy, Plin. viii. 27. 



The Oath of Socrates, vx] tov x'!^"; probably for ptj rbv Zvjva ; cf. Ar. 

 Av. 521 ; an oath prescribed by Rhadamanthus (Suid.). Cf. Philostr. 

 vi, De Vita Apoll. c. 9; Cratin. 2. 155 (Mein.) ols rjv fieyiaTos opKoi\ 

 airavTi Xoyw kvcov, 'imiTa xh''- 



Associated with Aquarius, in a representation of the month of 

 February (doubtless with reference to Juno, cf. s. v. raws), Graev. Thes. 

 Ant. Rom. viii. 97 ; cf. Creuzer, Symb. iii. p. 626. 



See for a further account of the Goose in classical art and mythology, 

 O. Keller, Thiere d. CI. Alterth., pp. 286-303. 



XH N" 6 p,iKp6s, dyeXaios. 



A wild species, unidentifiable, mentioned in Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 

 593 b, 12, 597 b. 

 XHNAAfi'riHZ, s. x^i'tiXwiJ/, s. Yr\vi\ui^, Hesych. Dim. x^i'a^wTreKiScus, 



Ael. vii. 47. 

 The Egyptian Goose, Chatalopex aegypiiaca, Steph. This and 

 Trr/i/eXox//- are both probably renderings of an Egyptian word, cor- 

 rupted by false etymology. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, mentioned among the heavier web-footed 

 birds, after o piKpus X'l" ^ a-yeXatoy. Ael. v. 30 e;^et pev yap to elBos to tov 

 Xrjvoi, iravovpylav 8e diKaioTara avTiKp'ivoLTO av ttj dXcoTre/ct. koI i'aTi pev 

 XVfos PpaxvTfpos, dvdpeioTepos 8e, Koi x^P^~^^ opoae Beivos. apvveTai yoiv 

 Koi asTov Ka'i alXovpov Koi to. XotTra, ocro avTov nvTiTTaXa fcmv. Reverenced 

 in Egypt for parental affection, Ael. x. 16, xi. 38 (piKoTeKvov 8e clpa (wov 

 rjv Koi 6 xi^'^^'^^^^j '^d'- ravTci toIs nep^i^i 8pa. kol yap oiTOS irpo Tmv 

 veoTTOiV tavTov kvXUi, koi ei'8i8a)aii' eXTTi'Sn co? BrjpaaovTi avTov tcS imovTi' 

 01 8e dnoSiSpaa-Kovaiv iv tw recof. As an hieroglyphic symbol, meaning 



o 2 



