I6"0 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



ITPOY0OKAMHAOI (continued}. 



ie^ei dXXtt ^jjXa?. TOVTOV 6' CUTIOV on TO ptyedos OVK opviOos e^ei aXXa rerpa- 

 TroSos : cf. Plin. x. I, x. (22) 29, xi. (37) 47, &c. Arist. H. A. ix. 15, 616 b, 

 lays more eggs than any other bird (the fact being that several lay 

 in one nest), cf. De Gen. iii. i, 749 b, and Ael. iv. 37. On the number 

 of eggs (vnep TO. o-ySoryKoiTct !), on the construction of the nest, and on 

 its maternal affection, v. Ael. xiv. 7, Phile, 1. c. 



Heraclides ap. Athen. iv. 145 d o-rpovOol ol 'Apu/3toi, at the banquets 

 of the Persian King ; and of the ' Indian ' King (o-rp. 01 ^po-moi), 

 Ael. xiv. 13 ; also of Heliogabalus, Ael. Lampridius, De Heliog. 28. 



On the capture of the Ostrich see also Diod. Sic. ii. 50, Ael. xiv. 

 7, Opp. De Ven. iii. 487. The interesting account in Strabo, xvi. 4, n, 

 doubtless refers to the Ostrich. 



How the Ostrich swallows stones, which are a medicine for the eyes, 

 and how its fat and sinews are a useful tonic, Ael. xiv. 7, Phile, I.e. The 

 price of Ostrich-fat, Plin. xxix. 30. 



Pausan. ix. 31, I rfjv 8e 'Apo-ivorjv (a statue in Helicon) o-rpovOos (pcpei 

 XO^KTJ rS)V dnTrjvaV Trrepa p,ev ye KCU avrai Kara ravra rais aXXais (pvova-iv, 

 lino 8e ftdpovs KOI Sia peyedos ov% old re fariv dvfx fiv 0"<as es rov aepa 

 rot TTTcpa. Cf. the ales equos of Cat. Ixvi. 54, and Ellis's note thereon ; 

 cf. also Flav. Vop. Firm. c. 6 sedentem ingentibus struthionibus vectum 

 esse ut quasi volitasset. 



Opp. De Ven. iii. 482 et seq. peya Qavpa, p-era arpovdolo Kdfj.rfXov . . . 

 TJjff TJTOL p.ey0os p.ev VTrepfiiov, ocrvov vnfpde \ i/coroiy fupuraroio~t <pepeiv 

 Vo6r)\a Kovpov' \ ov8e fj,V opvidtvo-iv 6fj.oi'ios a/u,/3aS6v fvvfj, \ Ba/crptoj/ ola 

 de (pv\ov e^ovffiv dnocrrpocpa Xc/crpa, &c. 



Ostriches eV rfj JUT) vo/xeV^ rf)s Aiftvrjs, Theophr. Hist. PI. iv. 3, 5. 



Callim. Rhod. ap. Athen. v. 200 f o-rpov0<j/ <rvi>a>pides o/crco, i. e. eight 

 yoke of ostriches (drawing chariots?) in a procession of Ptolemy 

 Philadelphus at Alexandria. Cf. Plautus, Pers. ii. 2, 17 Vola curriculo. 

 Isthuc marinus passer per circum solet. Ostriches harnessed to the 

 coach of the Emperor Firmus, Flav. Vopisc. Firm. c. 6. 



Ostrich plumes mentioned, ibid. iv. 4, 5, ix. 12, 5. 



How the eggs are eaten by the Garamantes (in the Libyan Desert), 

 Lucian, Dipsad. 235, but are of inferior quality, Galen, De Ovis, xxii. 



How the Ostrich hides its head in the sand, Oppian, Halieut. iv. 

 630 rola 8e Kai Atfivrjs Trrepocv /3oroj/ dyKV\6deipov \ vrjTTia Te^a^et, K.r.X. 

 Cf. Plin. x. I. 



The name (rrpov6oKdp.T)\os is modern, cf. Galen, De Alim. iii. 20 

 TO de Tojf o~Tpov6oKaiJ.T)\(dv [ovofjLa Kai rots TTflXaiots 1 ] drjdes. 6vofj.dovcri 

 yap avras peydXas (rrpovdovs : cf. ibid. De Prob. Succ. Alim. vi. 

 ITPOYGO'I, 6 and 17. Also arpous, Hesych. Dimin. <rrpou0ioi', Arist., 



Anax., 3. 164, Ephipp. 3. 326; orpouOdpioy Eubul. 3. 268 (14); 



o-TpouGtas, Com. Anon. 4.647 (172); orpou0i's, Eust. Opusc. 312, 



