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MEPO* (continued). 



TT^etr. Ib. vi. I, 559 v & i Botwroi KaXovviv depoTra, ets ras- orras ev rfj 

 yfj KaT(i8v6fj.fvos Vforrevei povos. 



On the filial piety of pepo^, 8iKatoraros- KOI 6U(re/3e0Taros' opvidav cmav- 

 T<OV, see Ael. xi. 30, Plin. x. (33) 51 ; cf. Boch. Hieroz. ii. p. 302. 



Is destructive to bees, Arist. H. A. x. 40, 626, Ael. v. n, vii. 6, Plut. 

 Mor. 976 c, Geopon. xv. 2, Phile 650, Virg. Georg. iv. 14. 



Is said to fly backwards, Ael. i. 49. 



A fabled metamorphosis, Boios, 1. c. J An6\\a)v Be opviQa enoirjo-e TOV 



TTOtSa TjepOTTOV, OS Tl VVV TLKTfl JJLV V7TO yrjS, O61 & p.\fTO, 7ITO~dctl. 



MHAIKOI' "OPNEII- M^Soi dXfKrpvoWs, Hesych. Vide S. V. dXeKrpucoi/. 

 Cf. also Plin. x. 21, Colum. viii. 2, Varr. R. R. iii. 9, and Festus. 

 In Latin a common reading is Melicae gallinae] cf. Colum. 1. c. 

 The term ' Median bird ' is applied also to the Peacock. 



Suid. Mrj^iKos opvis' 6 raws. Id. raw? evTr^X?/^* 6 MTJ^IKOS Kal xpytronrepos 

 Kai d\aoviKos opvis. Cf. Schol. ad Ar. Ach. 63 fJKovrfS CLTTO Ilepo-iSos rawv 

 XVTS \r)\v0ao-iv : also Ar. Av. 707 o Se TIcpa-iKov opviv, ubi Schol. Ttves 

 de TOV aXeKTpvova, ol 8e TOV raw : cf. also Clem. Alex. Paedag. ii. i 6'/>my 

 eVt TOVTOLS (rvvavovvrai TOVS dirb (pao-i8os, drra-yas AiyvTrriay, Mrjdov Taava : 

 ibid. iii. 4 opveis 'ij/SiKOvy, Kai Taavas MrjdiKovs eKTpefovo-i. 



MONO'IIPOI. A breed of fowls in Egypt. 



opvfis ev 'AXe^avSpeia Trj Trpbs AtyvnTov fieri, f a>v ol /na^t/zoi d\eKTpv6v( s 

 ytvvwvTcti, Geopon. xiv. 7, 30. 



MO'P4>NOI. An Eagle or Vulture. In Plin., the Lammergeier. 



Supposed to be connected with the idea of dark or black; cf. 



opQvT), Russ. mrachnoe, Eng. murky, (popcpvos = O-KOTCIVOS, Suid., 



but = gav66s, Hesych.). 



II. xxiv. 315 avTLKct ' aleTov ^/ce, reXetdraroj/ TrfTerjv&v, | fji6p(f)vov 8rjpr)Tr)p t , 

 ov KOI ncpKvbv Kokcowiv (cf. II. xx. 252 ; Porphyr. Schol. ; also Heyne's 

 note, in loc.). Hes. Scut. 134 p,op<pvolo (f>\eyvao KaXwrrojUfi/oi nTfpvyfao-1. 

 Lycophr. 838 TOV xP V(TO ' jraT P ov (J-op(pvov. According to Arist. H. A. 

 ix. 32, 618 b, identical with TrXayyos and vr)TTo<p6vos (here also written 

 (j,6p<|)os, jxop4><5s)- Plin. x. 3 Phemonoe Apollinis dicta filia dentes ei 

 esse prodidit, mutae alias, carentique lingua : eandem aquilarum 

 nigerrimam, prominentiore cauda. Ingenium est ei testudines raptas 

 frangere e sublimi iaciendo, &c. Cf. Suid., who definitely applies the 

 name to a Vulture ; p.6p<pvo$ y eldos aVroC* povoi de OVTOI TO>V deTwv ov 

 KVvr)yeTovo~iv } dXXa veKpols o-wpao-i Tp(f)ovrat. Vide S. v. 



MY'TTHE' opvis voids, Hesych. 



NE'BPA-E. veftpaKfs' ol appeves vcoTTol TO>V dXenTpvovav, Hesych. 



NEBPO^O'NOI. Arist. H. A. ix. 32, 618 b = iruyapY ?) q v. 



