KYO'EAOI AAPOI III 



AAIOZ (continued}. 



is chiefly found in the northern and more mountainous parts. 

 Both receive the Mod. Gk. name 7rerpoKoVo-u<po9 (Heldr.), and 

 were probably confused under the ancient name also. 

 Arist. H. A. ix. 19, 617 opoios rc5 \ii\avi Korrucpa) ecrrlv 6 Xcuo?, ro 

 peyedos piKpw eXarrcov* OVTOS eVt r&v Trerp&v *al eVl rail/ Kepdpav ras 8ia- 

 TpLftas TToidrai. A fabled metamorphosis, Boios ap. Anton. Lib. c. xix. 



It seems all but certain that \acdos and \aios refer to the same bird. 

 The correct reading of the name, or names, is unknown. In Arist. 

 H. A. ix. 19, edd. have also (Balos and (pmos (cf. Camus, i. 747, Schneider, 

 ii. 120). The name Xa'ios is taken from the passage in Anton. Lib., 

 the supposed derivation from \aas helping to gain it acceptance. Schn. 

 and Pice, read \aios also for XaeSog, q. v. 

 AA'AAfEI- opveov elBos, Hesych. Possibly connected with Mod. Gk. 



XeXfKi, a Stork ; vide s. v. ireXapyos. 



AA'POI, a. A Sea-Gull. In Mod. (and doubtless also in Ancient) Gk. 

 yXdpos includes both the Gulls and the Terns. 



Od. v. 51, a perfect description. Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 509 e^<-i rbv <TTO- 

 paxov *vpvv Kal rrXarvv oXov. Ib. V. 9, 542 b TIKTCI TOV Oepovs, ev TOLS nepl 

 6d\arTav Tre'rpmy, TO 7T\r)6os 8vo ^ rpia' ov (fia)\evi | cf. Plin. X. 32. On its 



breeding habits, see also Dion. De Avib. ii. 4. 



Varieties. Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b \dpos TO XP^M" o-TroSoa&Jy, also 

 Xapo? 6 \evKos. The former is, according to Aub. and Wimmer, one 

 of the darker Terns, e. g. Sterna nigra, Briss. ; but the epithet seems 

 more descriptive of the ashy grey of the ' Black-backed ' Gulls : cf. 

 na\aKoKpdvevs. Dion. De Avib. ii. 4 enumerates three sorts: of fuv 

 \cvKol KCU as al TTfpicrTfpal Ppaxe'ts' ol 8e TOVTGW pev clat pflifovcc KOI l(r\vpo- 

 repot, TrvKvordrois Se Trrepoi? TrepKrKeTrovrat' Kai rivfs eri KOL TOVTWV evpcyc- 

 6e<TTepoC \fVKa S' eVri Kai TOUTOI? Trrepo, TT\TJV ovov eVi rats aKpordrais 

 irTpvgi Kal rols rpa^Xot? /zeXaiVovrai. *cat rovrois arravTes oi XotTrol Xapoi 

 voprjs T KOI edpas 7rapa^copoi)(ri Kai u>s fiacriXcvo'iv virfiKovcrC KCIL yrjpdaKovai 

 8' avrols Kvdvea yiverai Trrfpa. Here the first group are probably the 

 Terns, the last the Black-backed Gulls. 



A bye- word for greediness, Ar. Eq. 959, Nub. 591, Av. 567. Devour 

 dolphins stranded on the beach, Ael. xv. 23. Open shell-fish by drop- 

 ping them from a height, Ael. Hi. 20. 



Myth and Legend. Hostile to fipevQos, apTrrj, and <?po>8io's, Arist. H. A. 

 viii. 3, 593 b, Ael. iv. 5, Phile 682; friendly to KO\OIOS, Ael. v. 48. 

 Killed by pomegranate-seed, Ael. vi. 46, Phile 657. Associated with 

 Hercules, Ar. Av. 567. The Gulls are souls of disembodied fishermen, 

 hence their gentle and peaceable disposition, Dion. I.e. A gull's 

 feather was tied to a fishing-line as a kind of float, Ael. xv. 10. 



Fable. Xdpos Kal <Vr/or, Aes. 239 (ed. Halm). 



