1 66 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



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TptyovTai raa>? fjp.epoi. It was likewise kept in Babylon, Diod. Sic. ii ; 

 and the passage in Ar. Ach. 63 may imply that the Persian ambassador 

 was bringing a present of peacocks to the City. How Alexander 

 protected the Indian Peacocks on account of their beauty, under pain 

 of a heavy penalty, Ael. v. 21. An Indian Peacock presented to the 

 Egyptian King, Ael. xi. 33. The Indian Peacocks larger than elsewhere, 

 ibid. xvi. 2. The Peacock throne at Babylon (as to this day, according 

 to report, at Teheran), Philostr. 386 k. 



The Peacock, like the Cock, was also called the Persian Bird. 

 A Schol. on Ar. Av. 707 has ra TroXureXi) navra, of? povos fiao-iXevs e^p^ro, 

 e/caXetro Hepo~iKa' Kal vvv OVK tSi'cos TIS opvis Hepo~iKos. Tives de TOV 

 aXcKTpvova, ol de TOV raa>. Cf. Suidas, M.rjdiKos opvis, 6 raws. Tacos 

 v7rr)\Tj, 6 MrjftiKos Kal xpuaoTTTepos 1 Ka ' d\aoviKos opvis : cf. Philostr. 

 loc. cit. Vide s. v. MYJ&IKOS opyis. 



The Peacock as food, Ael. iii. 42 ; first so used by Hortensius, ibid, 

 v. 21, Plin. x. (20) 23; cf. Hor. Sat. ii. 2. 28, Juv. Sat. ii. 143, vii. 32, 

 Varro, De R. R. iii. 6, Columella, viii. n, and innumerable other Lat. 

 references. 



Description. Arist. H. A. vi. 9, 564 6 de racb? r] p.ev nepl irevre <a\ 

 e'lKocriv er/7 (cf. Plin. x. (20) 22), yevva de Tpierrjs /idXio-ra, ev ols Kal rfjv 

 iroiKiXiav rS)v Trrepav aTroXafj-ftdvei' e/cXe7rei 6' ev rpidKovd rj^ 



1T\(ioO~lV. OTTOt^ TOV TOVS JJLOVOV TtKTet, TiKTl 8' Cpa 8a)8tKa T] 



riKrei Se SiaXeiTrcoi/ dvo T) rpeT? rj^ifpas KOI OVK e(p^rjs (cf. Ael. V. 32, Plin. x. 

 (59) 79, Colum. viii. II, Pallad. i. 28, &c.). at de TrpoaroroVoi /udXtara 

 TTfpt oKTcb tad. TiKTOVQ-i 8' oi Taw Kat VTrr)vep,ia. o^euoi/rcu 8e TTfpl TO cap' 

 de KOI 6 TOKOS fvdetis /nera TrjV o^eiav. TTTfpoppvfi 8e a/na Tols 

 TU>V oevdpwv Kal ap^fTat avdis dnoXafJifBdveiv Tr]V 7TTfpcoo~iv ap-a TTJ 

 TOVT&V j3Xa(rr^<ret. aXe/cropi'Si d' v7TOTideao~iv avT&v TO, wa entpd^fiv ol 

 Tpf(povres dia TO TOV appeva TTJS OrjXeias TOVTO 8pa>o~r]S fTrnrfTOfievov o~WTpi- 



fteiv: cf. Arist. fr. 274. 1527^ ap. Athen. ix. 397 b. 



Its plumage and its ' pride,' Mosch. Id. ii. 59 opvis dya\\6p.vos 

 TTTepvyaiv noXvavde'i XP ol fi ( c ^ Ael. 1. C. COIKCV dvdr)p(p Xei/icoft) | rapcra S' 

 avcnr\a>o~aS) axrei Te TIS ajKuaXos vrjvs, \ ^piMrctov raXapoio Trepi'ovcfTre ^et'Xta 

 rdpcroi?. Ael. V. 21 6 rau>? oidev opvidav wpaioraros &v, Kal evdd ol TO 

 Ka\\os KadrjTai KOI TOVTO ote, feat eV aurw Kop,a, Kal o~ojBepos eo~Ti } Kal 

 flappel Tols TTTfpols, o)O~Trepovv avTco Kal Koo-p-ov TTapaTidrjai, Kal Trpos TOVS 

 ft-a>6ev <po(Bov aTToareXXei, K.T.X. Ach. Tat. i 6 de roC rao> \eip.a>v evavQc- 

 o-Tepos' TT(pvTVTai yap avr<0 Kal xpva-os ev Tols mfpols, KVK\W 8e TO aXovpyes 

 TOV xpvvbv TrepiOefi TOV 'Lvov KVK\OV. Arist. H. A. i. I, 488 b opvis (pdovepbs 

 Kal (pi\oKa\os. Lucian. Dom. II (3. 196) eViorpe^ei yovv eavTOV, Kal 

 nepidyei Kal e^no/jLTrfvei TO) KtiXXet. Dion. De Avib. i. 28 TO <cdXXos 5e 6 

 Taa>s TO oiKelov Tedavfj.aKf, Kal el KO\OV TIS OVTOV ovoudo-fiev, evOvs TO>V 

 O. avdr) p.ep.iyfj.fva ^puaw, &o~7rep TIVCI Xet/xcova, deiKwaiv dvao-TT]o-as, 



