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AETOI (continued]. 



Its feathers are incorruptible, Ael. ix. 2, Plut. Q. Conv. i. 10, Plin. x. 

 (3) 4 ; its right wing buried in the ground is an insurance against hail, 

 Geopon. i. 14, 2. 



How it walks with its toes turned in, to keep its claws sharp, Plut. De 

 Curios. 12. 



Is hostile to fpeoSio?, o-i'm;, rpoxi'Xo?, Arist. H. A. ix. i, 609 b, aiyvmos, 

 ib. 610 a ; v@pis, ib. 12, 615 b; Kopoavrj, Ael. xv. 22 ; TUTTM, Nicand. ap. 

 Anton. Lib. 14 ; eyxeXv?, Aristoph. Hist. Anim. Epit. ii. 239 ; noXvirovs, 

 Ael. vii. II, as well as to Spaxcoi/, Arist. ix. I, 609 (cf. Ael. ii. 26, Plut. 

 Od. et Inv. iv. p. 650), and KVKVOS, ib. 12, 615 b, by which last it is con- 

 quered, Ael. xvii. 24 ; to veftpos and aXcon-^, Arist. H. A. ix. 32, 619 b), 

 cf. Plut. Sol. Anim. xxxi. 7 ; hostile also to xh v (Od. xv. 161), Sop/cay, 

 Anyeos (Orphic. Lith. 147), ravpo?, Phile. Cf. Plin. x. (74) 95. 



It places the herb KaAXiYpixo" in its nest for a charm, Geopon. xv. 1,19. 



The Eagle a symbol of the Nile, Diod. Sic. i. 19. 2. Cf. Eustath. in 

 Dionys. v. 239 eKXrflrj [% A'iyvTrros] Kal 'Aer/a : cf. Bryant's Anc. Mythol. 

 i. pp. 19, 378. A symbol of the year, Artemid. Oneirocr. ii. 20, as the 

 Vulture is also said to be by Horap. i. n ; of elevation, Horap. i. 6; 

 of the sun on the equator, Clem. Alex. Strom, v. 567. For the explana- 

 tion of these hieroglyphs, into which the emblem of the Vulture enters 

 as a phonetic element, see Lauth, Sitzungsber. Bay. Ak. 1876, p. 81. 



A king who lives remote from and disdainful of his people is pre- 

 figured as an Eagle : OVTOS yap ev rols epi'ip-ois TOTTOIS e'^ei rrjv veoaa-idv, Kal 

 v^rjXoTfpos iravr&v rS)V 7TTeivS)V tTTTarai, Horap. ii. 56. 



The white Eagle of Pythagoras, Iambi. V. Pyth. xxviii. 142, Ael. V. H. 

 iv. 17, was probably a symbol for the town of Croton, on whose 'coins an 

 eagle is displayed (cf. Brit. Mus. Cat. Coins, i. c. 20, also Creuzer, Symb. 

 ii. 602, footnote). How Pythagoras lured an Eagle at Olympia, Iambi. 

 V. Pyth. xiii. 62, Porph. V. Pyth. 25, Plut. Numa viii. 



The constellation Aquila, Eurip. Rh. 530 /LieVa d' ateroy ovpavov nrorarai 

 (cf. Petavii Var. Diss., lib. v. c. 14) ; Arat. Phen. 313, Hygin. iii. 15, &c. 

 The constellation Aquila is frequently referred to in Latin ; e. g. Ov. 

 F. v. 732 grata lovi fulvae rostra videbis avis ; [viii. Kal. Jun. Rostra 

 aquilae oriuntur chronice.] Ib. vi. 194 si quaeritis astra, Tune oritur 

 magni praepes adunca lovis ; [Kal. Jun. Aquila oritur chronice.] Cf. 

 Columella xi. 2 ; Germanic. Phaen. 692 redit armiger uncis Unguibus, 

 ante omnes gratus tibi, luppiter, Ales ; cf. ib. 610, &c. On the 

 mythology of the Eagle in connexion with the constellation Aquila, 

 see also Eratosth. c. 29, Hygin. P. Astr. ii. 16, for, int. /., the stories 

 of the metamorphosis of Ethemea, of the Eagle that brought Venus' 

 slipper to Mercury (cf. Strabo xvii. 808, Ael. V. H. xiii. 33), the eagle 

 that portended victory to Jove in his combat with the Titans, &c. 



The complicated mythology of the Eagle baffles analysis. It is 



