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IEPAE (continued}. 



probably also in Martial, Ep. xiv. 216, refers to bird-catching with 

 a captive hawk, as with the owl. See also for much curious informa- 

 tion, 'lcpaKo<T6(piov, s. rei accipitrariae scriptores, ed. Paris, 1612, and 

 Leipzig, 1866, also Schlegel's Fauconnerie, &c. 



Metamorphosis with the Cuckoo. Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 562 b, Plut. 

 Arat. cap. xxx, Tzetz. ad Lye. 395 ; Geopon. xv. I. Theophr. De PI. ii. 

 4, 4. Vide s. vv. eirovj/, KOKKU. 



Myth and Legend. Worship of Hawks in Egypt, Herod, ii. 65, 67 ; 

 Ael. x. 14 AlyvTTTioi TOV lepaKct 'ATrdXXooi/i Tipav e'oiKCHTt (cf. II. xv. 237? Od. 

 xv. 526 and Eust. in loc., Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1052), KOI TOV p.ev Oebv'Qpbv 

 KaXovcrt TTJ (ptovfj TT} (r<pTepa . . . 01 -yap lepaKes opvidtov povoi rals afcrlcrt 

 TOV 17X101; pqdius KOI afiaa-avHTT&s avTifiXerrovrfS, K. r. X. : cf. ib. xi. 39 and 

 vii. 9, where the priests are called iepaKo/3o<m>i ; cf. also Plut. Is. et Os. 

 Ii. p. 371. Ael. xii. 4 6 p.eV TrepdiKodrjpas Kal wKvnrepos ' A.n6\\a)v6s eVri 

 QfpaiTtoV (poo*/, (pyvijv fie Kal apTrrjv 'Adrjva 7rpoaW/zovo~tj>, 'Ep/zoC fie TOV 

 <j)ao~o~o(p6vTr)v cidvpp.a elvai (pacrii/, "Upas 8e TOV Tavvo~i i rrTpov ) Kal TOV 

 Tpiopxyv OVTO) Ka\ov[j.fvov 'Aprep.iSoj. f^rpi Se 0(S)V TOV p-eppvov. See 

 also Strabo, Geogr. xvii. i. 47, Horap. i. 8, Pier. Valer. Hierogl. xxi, 

 &C. Ttves de <f)ao-iv cv rots ap^atot? ^poi/ots, tepaxa /StjSXt'ov fVfyKelv els 

 Otjftas Tols tepevcrt (poiviKa pd/u/Ltan 7rpiL\T}p,p.evov, e^ov yeypap,/xeVas TCLS 

 TO>V OepaTTfias re Kal Tinas' dto?rep Kal TOVS tepoypap-fiaret? (popelv (poiviKovv 

 pap/Lta Kat Trrepov lepaKos (irl TTJS KffpaXrjs, Diod. Sic. i. 87, 8. The 

 Egyptian Sun-god Phra with a hawk's head, tepa/cop.op<po?, ItpaKorrpbo-- 

 o)7roy, Philo ap. Eus. P. E. 41 D, 116 D (i. 10, iii. 12), Horap. i. 6. 

 In the Rig-Veda the sun is frequently compared to a hawk, hovering 

 in the air. The hawk associated with fire-worship, Ael. x. 24. A three- 

 legged hawk sometimes seen in Egypt, Ael.'xi. 39. Moult before 

 the inundation, ib. xii. 4 ; live seventy years, ib. x. 14 ; the leg-bone 

 has an attraction for gold, ib. ; throw earth on an unburied corpse, 

 ib. ii. 42. Salve their eyes with OpidaKivrj or wild lettuce, ib. ii. 43 

 (also Dion. De Avib. i. 6); hence, as well as by reason of their sharp 

 sight, the Hawk or Eagle in medicine constitute a remedy for diseases 

 of the eye, Plin. xxix. (6) 38, &c.; as does the herb t'epa/uoj/, Horap. i. 

 6, Plin. xx. (7) 26, xxxiv. (ii) 27: it is seldom possible to trace any 

 meaning in the mystical herbs associated with particular animals, and 

 it is therefore worth noting in this instance that dpiftaKivrj is the sacred 

 herb of Adonis. Are supposed by some to be bastard eagles, Ael. ii. 

 43 ; how a hawk caused the apprehension of a sacrilegious thief at 

 Delphi, ib. ; how the hawks in Egypt repair to certain Libyan islands 

 to breed, having sent two messengers in front, ib. (cf. Plin. H. N. x. 8, 

 Diod. Sic. i. 87); do not eat the heart, ib. ii. 42 ; hostile to the fox, the 

 eagle, and the vulture, ib. Are exempt from thirst, Damasc. V. Isid. 

 97 (cf. s. v. aeros), but drink blood instead of water, Horap. i. 7. Their 



