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EHCW (continued}. 



in Ael. xvi. 5. To a like source is traceable the Samir-legend, and 

 possibly also the obscure origin of the Tereus-myth. From its sanctity 

 in Egypt it became an unclean bird among the Jews, Lev. xi. 19, 

 Deut. xiv. 1 8, where its name nB'On dukiphat (cf. icouicou<f>a) is rendered 

 Lapwing, as being the crested bird with which the translators were 

 most familiar (cf. Newton, Diet, of Birds, p. 505). 



In the Birds of Aristophanes we have many veiled allusions to the 

 mythology of the Hoopoe. The confusion with KOKKV (vide s. v. 

 Kouicou(J>a) is indicated throughout ; the fables of Tereus and Procne 

 are frequently referred to, e. g. y yap aj/#po>7ror, v. 98 rr]v e/^i/ dydova, 

 vv. 203, 367, c. : the Hoopoe's first cry, avoiye rfjv vXijv, v. 93, is 

 a reference to the Samir-legend ; the kindred fable of Kopvdos appears 

 in vv. 472-476 ; the mysterious root in v. 654 is the magical dblavrov : 

 the mention of rjXtaa-rrjs, v. 109, is a pun on fjXios : the allied solar 

 symbolism of SpvoKoXdirr^s is suggested in v. 480 ; and the nauseous 

 reputation of the nest is probably hinted at in the Hoopoe's pressing 

 invitation to Peisthetairus, v. 641, that he should enter in. 



'EPI'GAKOI, s. epi0aKos (Arist., Ael.), epi0eu's (Arat, Theophr.), epi'OuXos 



(Schol. ad Ar. Vesp.). The Robin, Erithacus rubecula, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis o-KQ>\r)Ko(pdyos. ix. 496, 632 b /*fra- 

 ftdXXovo-iv of epiOaKoi Koi ol KaXovp-evoi (poivinovpoi e dXXr]X(DV' eVri 8' 6 

 /xei/ cpiQaKos xeifjLfpivov, ol 8e (poiviKovpoi Oepivoi, 8ia(pepou(Ti 5' 

 ovdev as etVeiv dXX' 77 rfj XP$ f^ovov : Geopon. XV. I. 22. 



A weather-prophet, Arat. Phen. 1025, Theophr. fr. vi. 3, 2 

 fjifya o-fjp-a KOI op^iXoy KOL epiBtvs, dvvav es KoiXas o^eas. Arist. fr. 241, 

 I522b epiOaKos es TO. av'Xia KOI TO. oiKovpeva Trapivv dfjXos ean ^ei/iSvos 1 

 firiSrjuiav d'Trobidpdo'Kcov, Cf. Ael. vii. 7- 



A mimetic bird, fjupovvrai KOL p.pvr]VTai %>v av aKovo-cooriv, Porphyr. De 

 Abst. iii. 4 (epidaicos here is either an interpolation, or is used of some 

 other bird). 



Proverb, Schol. in Ar. Vesp. 922 (927) /u'o Xo^/ii; dvo cpidaKovs ov rptyft. 

 earl 8e opveov VTTO /zeV nvav KaXovpevov epiSevs, viro &e eVepcoi/ epidvXos, 

 vno TO>V nXeiovav epidaKos I cf. Photius. Also eptdcvs' 6 epiQaKos, TO opveov, 

 Hesych. epiBaKos' opveov p,ovrjpfs Kal povoTponov, Suid. 



Sundevall derives cpi&ucof from epvffpos, QCLKOS (cf. Eng. redstart, 

 Germ. Rothsteiss), and identifies the bird in Arist. with the Redstart, 

 Lusciola phoenicurus, L., in winter plumage : vide s. v. (jxuyiicoupos. 

 The derivation is far-fetched, and the identification is discountenanced 

 by the fact that the Redstart does not, at least in Attica, remain 

 through the winter (Kriiper p. 245), during which season the Robin 

 is as common there as with us. See also cuaaicos, 



"EPMAKON' opveov, Hesych. Probably by error for fpi 



