A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



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Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563 i/correuei eVi Tre'rpaty dTrpoarpdrois (also Antig. 

 H. Mirab. 42 (48), cf. Aesch. Suppl. 796 *pep,a.c yuTrias TreVpa)' Sto crndviov 

 I8clv veoTTtav yvirbs Kal VCOTTOVS. Kal 8ia TOVTO KOI 'Hpo&opoy 6 Epvcrcoi/oy 

 ToG a-o<piarov Trarr/p (pr)(rlv flvai TOVS yvnas a(p' cVf'pas 777$-, dS^Xou T/p-ti', 

 TOVTO Te Xf-ycoi/ TO arj/Jiflov, OTI ovdels ecopa/ce yvrrbs veoTTidv, Kal OTI TroXXot 

 eai<pvr)s (fraivoVTai aK.o\ovQovvTfs TO"IS o-Tpareupao-ii/ [as the Griffon 

 Vulture did at Sebastopol], cf. Ael. ii. 46, Basil. Hexaem. viii 'ibois av 

 p.vpias a-ye'Xa? yviru>v rots o~TpaToire8ois TrapeTro/xei/a? : &C. How the 

 Vultures divine beforehand the place of battle, npo fjpfpwv eWa eV 

 avrof irapayivofjieiHu, Horap. i. ii ; cf. Ael. ii. 46 ; Umbricius ap. Plin. x. 

 (6) 7 ; Plaut. True. ii. 3. 16, Martial, Ep. 62, 6. 



Arist. 1. C. TO 8' eoVt xaXe-jrbv p.ei> t&f li> } tWTrrm 8' O/JLCOS. TIKTOVO-I Se dvo <pa 

 01 yvTres (cf. Plin. x. 7). Cf. H. A. ix. n, 615, which latter passage has 

 ev mbv r) 8vo TO. rrXf to-Ta. 



On the mythical generation of vultures, how they are all females, 

 are impregnated by the East wind, lay no eggs, and bring forth their 

 young alive and feathered, see Ael. ii. 46, Arist. De Mirab. (6c) 835 a, I, 

 Horap. i. n, Dion. De Avib. i. 5, Phile, De An. Pr. 121, Plut. Quaest. 

 de Us. Rom. 93 (Mor. 286 A, B), Ammian. Marcell. xvii, Tzetz. Chil. 

 xii. 439, Euseb. Pr. Ev. iii. 12, and innumerable other references in 

 Patristic literature. On the mythical genealogy of the vultures, see also 

 s. vv. deros, dXideros, 4>i^i/Y]. These are Egyptian myths. Vultur 

 fulvus was sacred to Maut, the Goddess of Maternity, cf. Deut. xxxii. 

 II, 12 | cf. Horap. i. II p.rjrepa de ypd<povTS yinra j^co-ypfKpoCo-i, eVeiS^ 

 appyv ev Toi/rco rep yevei T&V &a>v ov% vndpxei. Hence also the obstetrical 

 value of a Vulture's feather, Plin. xxv. (14) 44. The Common Egyptian 

 Vulture or Pharaoh's Hen, Neophron percnopterus, was sacred to Isis, 

 cf. Ael. X. 22 AtyuTTTioi 8e"Hpas peV iepbv opvtv clvai TreiriaTevKCKTi rbv yvira^ 

 Korr/Liovo-i Se rr]v TTJS "ividos K(>a\r)v yvirbs TTTepols. In Horapollo, yv\js is 

 always feminine. The Vulture being sacred in Egypt, was an unclean 

 bird among the Jews ; cf. eiro\|/. 



On the (piXoo-Topyia of the Vultures, cf. Od. xvi. 216, Aesch. Ag. 49, 

 Plut. Q. Rom., Mor. 286 A, B, Opp. Hal. i. 723; cf. aiyumos. 

 The Vulture is stated to feed its young with its own flesh or blood, 

 a myth afterwards transferred to the Pelican; Horap. i. n, cf. Georg. 

 Pisidas, 1064 (cit. Leemans) rbv fjujpbv fKTf^ovrfS, ^p-aTco/zevoiy FaXaicTor 

 6\Kols ^toTTupoCo-i Ta /3pe'(pr/. On the connexion between the Vulture 

 and the Pelican, see s.v. |3aiTJ9. The stories of the Vulture's tenderness 

 and affection coincide with the resemblance between the Hebrew words 

 DH1 compassion, and DiVI a vulture (Boch. Hieroz. ii. 803, &c.). 



How a Vulture's feather, if burnt, drives serpents from their holes, 

 Ael. i. 45, Piin. xxix. (4) 24. How the pomegranate is fatal to vultures, 

 Ael. vi. 46. How* the odour of myrrh is fatal to Vultures, Ar. De 



