22 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AAEKTPYQN (continued"). 



iraa-av Kava-^v 6\6(pa>vos, 'AXexrwp. eipjjrcu S' ovrcoy eVeiS^ Kai ex TOV 

 XtKrpov ^/nas dteyeipet. Theocr. xxiv. 63 opviQfs rpirov apn TOV e 

 opdpov aeidov. Soph. El. 1 8 as f]jjuv fjdr) Xa/i7rp6i> j/X/ou ore\as ewa 

 (pdeypaT opvi6a>v (ratprj : fr. QOO KOKKoftoas opvis : cf. ep. opdpofioas, 

 Alexarch. ap. Athen. 98 E. Diph. iv. 421 (Mein.) opdpioKoKKvt- \lect. 

 dub.~\ a\KTpv>v. Probably alluded to also Soph. Anten. 2, fr. 141 

 (Ath. ix. 373 D) opvtda Kal KrjpvKa KOI didieovov. Plat. Symp. 223 C 

 a\cKTpv6va)v abuvTwv, at Cock-crow. Cf. Alciphr. i. 39. 20, Aristaenet. 

 i. 24 fts d\KTpv6vo)v wfia? : Ar. Nub. 4, Juv. ix. 107, &c. Plut. ap. Eust. 

 Od. p. 1479, 47 (re de KOKKvfav opdpi d\eKTQ>p 7rpo/caXeiTai. Antip. Thess. 

 V, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 96 TraXai 5' rjaos 'AXe/crcop, Kjypuo-frcoz/ (pdoveprjv 

 'Upiyevfiav ayei. opvidcov eppois (pdovepooraroS) K. r. X. : cf. Ar. Vesp. 8l5 5 



Anyt. xi, in Gk. Anthol. i. p. 132, Virg. Aen. viii. 456, &c. Arist. De 

 Acoust. 800 b TOVS rpaxfaovs e^oi/rey paKpovs jSiat'co? (pdeyyovrai. Ael. 

 N. A. IV. 29 6 dXeKrpuojj' rrjs cre'h.fjvrjs ai/io-^ovo-Ty s (vBovcriq. (pacrt KOI (TKiprd. 

 17X105 5e avlax^v OVK av TTOTC avrbv dia\ddoi, eJStJfWTaros Se eaurou tori 

 Cf. Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536. Lucian, Gallus, &c. With ep. 

 i?, Babr. cxxiv. II. 



, to crow, Cratin. ii. 186, Diph. iv. 407 (Mein.), Theocr. vii. 

 48, 124, &c. KaKKafciv, to cackle, Hesych., &c. 



Why the Cock crows : by an affinity for the sun, or rejoicing in heat 

 and light, Heliodor. i. 18. See also Schol. Ar. Av. 830, Cic. De Div. 

 ii. 26. According to Theophrastus (Ael. iii. 38) in moist localities 

 Cocks don't crow. Paus. v. 25. 9, on the shield of Idomeneus, as a 

 descendant of Helios, 17X101; de lepov (paatv elvai TOV opvida Kal dyy\\eii> 

 dvievai peXXovros TOV fj\iov. See also Schol. Diog. L. viii. 34, Plaut. M. 

 Gl. iii. i. 96, Mart. xiv. 223, Isidor. De N. R. c. 3, &c., &c. 



How to prevent Cocks crowing, by means of a collar of sarmentum 

 wood, Plin. xxiv. 25. 



On hearing a Cock crow, or an ass bray, it is a matter of common 

 prudence to spit, Joh. Chrysost. in comm. ep. S. P. ad Ephes. iv. 12 

 (vol. xi. p. 93, Montef.) : this reference to the ass is used to explain 

 ovov opviv in Ar. Av. 721, by Haupt, Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1864. 



On Fighting Cocks, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; Plato, Legg. vii. 789 ; Theocr. 

 xxii. 72 ; cf. Opp. Cyneg. ii. 189; cf. Schol. in Ar. Eq. 494, Ach. 165 

 orav is [i.d](r)v o"U/i/3uXXo>o"ii> TOVS d\KTpv6vas } (TKopoda 8i86a(riv avTols I 

 Lucian, Anarch. 37 (2. 918), &c. (See also Xen. Symp. iv. 9, and 

 cf. (pvo-iyyoopu, from (pvo-iyf;, garlic. The annual cock-fight at Athens, 

 instituted by Themistocles, Ael. V. H. ii. 28 aXetcrpvovas dywvifccrdai 

 8r}fjLO<ria (v rq> dedrpq) pia J^e'p? TOV erovs : cf. J. E. Harrison, Myth, of 

 Anc. Athens, p. 278; also at Pergamus, Plin. x. 21 (25). The cock- 

 fight was depicted on the High-priest's chair in the Dionysiac theatre 

 (Boetticher, Harrison, c.) ; represented also in the Festival Calendar 



