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IKTINOZ (continued}. 



attributed to a constellation by Ovid and Pliny. I am for myself 

 inclined to think that Ovid did allude to the constellation, but that he 

 did not mean (nor say) that on the date in question it rose with the 

 sun ; as a matter of fact it then rose at midnight, and was on the 

 meridian when it disappeared at sunrise. 'IKT'IVOS is also the name of 

 one of the mystical XUKOI or ZK proves (q. v.) in Opp. Cyneg. iii. 331. 



Myth and Legend. Hostile to Kopag, Arist. H. A. ix. I, 609, Ael. 

 iv. 5, Phile, De An. 688, Cic. De Nat. Deor. ii. 49 ; friendly to 7n'<iy 

 and apnrj, Arist. 1. c., Ael. v. 48. Use Opvos as a remedy, Phile 725 ; 

 place pdpvov in the nest as a charm, Ael. i. 55 ; how a stick from a Kite's 

 nest is a remedy for headache, Plin. xxix. (6) 36, xxx. (4) 12 ; detest the 

 pomegranate, /5oia, so that they never even alight on that tree, and 

 why, Dion. De Avib. i. 7. Suffer at certain seasons from sore feet, 

 Dion. I.e., namely, at the time of the Solstice, Plin. x. (10) 12 ; and 

 from sore eyes, Suid. s. v. i/crepoy. See also Albert. M. De Animal, xxiii. 

 24, p. 641. Cf. supra, s. v. Up<x. How the Kites in Elis rob men 

 in the market-place (cf. Ar. Av. 1624), but never molest the iep66vroi 9 

 Ael. ii. 47, Arist. De Mirab. 123, 842 a, Theopomp. ap. Apollon. Hist. 

 Mirab. x, Pausan. v. 14, Plin. 1. c. ; on the Kite as dangerous to 

 sacrifices, cf. Ar. Pax 1099, Av. 892 ; cf. r< tVnV&> r<u eVrtoy^w, Ar. 

 Av. 865. How the Kite was once a King, Ar. Av. 499. The story 

 in Plin. 1. c., milvos artem gubernandi docuisse caudae flexibus, does 

 not seem to occur in Greek. In Latin, Milvus is proverbial for its 

 powers of flight and of vision ; cf. Pers. Sat. iv. 26, Juv. ix. 25, Martial 

 ix. Ep. 55. 



Fable of IKT'IVOS that lost its voice trying to neigh, Aes. Fab. ed. Halm, 

 170, Babr. 73 ; Suid. ; cf. Julian in Misopogone, p. 366 (cit. Schneider in 

 Arist. H. A. vi. 6) TOV IKTIVO. entdfO'dai ra> xpfpfTifciv, axnrfp ol yevvaioi TWV 

 eira TOV p.ev eViXatfd/uei/oi/, ro 8e p.rj dwrjOevra eXetj> fjcap&f, ap.<poiv erre'- 

 KOI (pavXoTepov T>V aXXcov opviOw eii/ai TJ?J> (pavrjv : cf. ac0os. Fable 

 of \dpos Koi IKTWOS, Aes. 239. Proverb, irpoK.vXivSe'ia-dai iKriVots, Ar. Av. 

 5OI j cf. Suid. eapos yap dp%op,evov LKTIVOS (paivercu. ol rrevrjres ovv 

 dira\\ayevTes x ft P-^vos TrpoeKvXivdovvTo /cat Trpoo-CKvvovv avrovs. 

 See also apirif], jSaTuppTjydXir), SIKTUS, eXayos. 



'IAIA'1. Also IXXds, Athen. ii. 65 a, Eust. 947, 8. In some MSS. 



of Athen. also rv\ds. Perhaps akin to i'x^ a > i. e. Kt^Xa. 

 A kind of Thrush : for references, see KIX\T). 



Gesner, Belon, and others identify l\ids as the Redwing, Turdus 

 iliacus, L., on account of its small size (Arist. H. A. ix. 20, 617). Sundevall 

 points out that the expression TJTTOV Trot/aX?? (1. c.) is inapplicable. In 

 Athen. ii. 65 a (c. 68) these words are omitted from a corresponding 

 passage; and the account of the nesting habits of ict^Xi; (H. A. vi. i) 



