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Tiryns, Paus. ii. 17, 6) as Queen of Heaven (cf. Eur. Hel. 1096) from 

 its starry tail (Hehn) : cf. Ovid, Met. xv. 385 lunonis volucrem, quae 

 cauda sidera portat ; ibid. i. 723; Juv. vii. 32; Stat. Silv. ii. 4, 26; 

 Claudian, Eutrop. ii. 330. Cf. also Job. Lydus, De Menss. p. 66 KOI 

 TaS>va Tr}v opvida TO~IS ifpois TTJS "Upas ol (pvatKol didoaanv, olovel TOV 

 do-TfpoiTrbv depa, fjroi ovpavov. Cf. also Lucian, De Domo, xi. p. 908 ; 

 Hemsterh. ad Nigr. i. p. 247. The Peacock is associated with Hera 

 on coins also of Cos, Halicarnassus, c. On a Roman zodiac (Millin, 

 Galer. Mythol. pi. xxix. fig. 86) a Peacock comes after Capricorn, 

 coinciding with the Athenian month Gamelion, the month (Hesych.) of 

 Hera; cf. Boetticher, Philologus xxii. p. 399, 1865, Pyl> Der Zwolf- 

 gotterkreis im Louvre, Greifswald, 1857, &c. [The association of Hera 

 with the month Gamelion (Jan.-Feb.) is due to the fact that this was 

 the month of the sign Aquarius ; and the connexion in turn between 

 Hera and Aquarius is connected with the fact that the Full Moon 

 stood in that sign when the Sun was in Leo, in the month of Zeus, at 

 the season of the Olympic festival.] 



The story of Argus, Mosch. Id. ii. 58, Ovid, Met. i. 720, Dion. De 

 Avib. i. 28 (ppovpbs OVTOS [6 raoos-] TJV rrjs 'loCy, rjv'iKa "Hpa KO.T avrrjs 

 e^aXcTraii'ei/* 'Ep/uJJy 8' dveiXev avrof, Kal reXeur^o-ai/roy, dvf)Ktv opviv f) yfj 

 T>V 6<j)6ah p.S>i> ex VTa Ta 0-rjfj.ela T>V npoo-Oev. Hence a Scholiast in 

 Ar. Av. 102 suggests (sed hyeme gallica frigidior est haec coniectura, 



Bochart) Tao>? 6 Trjpevs' Trapa TO rrjpflv TTJV 'lot. 



On Peacocks in Athens, in the time of the Persian Wars, Antiphon 

 ap. Athen. ix. 397 C TOVTOVS rpefaiv Afj/jiov TOV IlvpiXdfJurovs KOI TroXXovy 

 TrapaylvfcrQai Kara iroOov rrjs TO>V opvidcov deas ecc re AaKedai^ovos Kal 

 QcTToXias Kai <nrov8f]V Troiflcrdat, T&V (pav lAeraXajBelv . . . dXXa ras fJ.ev 

 vovp.r)vias 6 j3ov\6fjLvos etcn/et, ray 8' fxXXay f)fj.pas f'i TIS e\doi (3ov\<jfi.fvos 

 Qedcravdai, OVK ea-riv ocrns eru^f. Kai ravra OVK e^des ovde Trpwrjv, aXX' err) 

 ir\fov TI rpiaKovrd eanv i cf. Ael. v. 21. Its rarity at the time is 

 suggested in Ar. Av. 102, 270: but already a nickname in Ar. Ach. 

 63 ; cf. Strattis, Ma/ce$. 7, ap. Athen. 654 F TroXXoii/ <Xva'po>j> Kal raG>v 

 dvrd^ia. 



Its former rarity and subsequent abundance, Antiph. ap. Athen. ix. 

 397 a T&V ra5)V [j.v ws a7ra| TIS fvyos rjyaytv povov | (nrdviov ov TO XPW* 1 

 irXeiovs 8' fio~l vvv T>V oprvywv (at Rome), cf. Eubul. 3. 259 ; for other 

 citations, see Athen. xiv. 654 -655 a; eriftcoyTo 8e TOV appeva. Kal TOV 

 6rj\w dpaxn&v pvpiav, Antiph. ap. Ael. v. 21 ; cf. also Plut. i. 160 d, 

 Plin. x. (20) 22, Varro, R. R. iii. 6, Macrob. Sat. iii. 13, &c. 



On the probably independent introduction of Peacocks into Rome, 

 cf. Hehn, op. c. 



The Peacock is an Indian bird, Aelian passim, Lucian, Navig., &c. ; 

 and was bred for the 'Indian' King, Ael. xiii. 18 eV rots 



