190 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XEAIAflN (continued}. 



especially in connexion with the Swallow's relation towards the un- 

 doubtedly solar e7ro\^. 



Deprived of Sleep. Hesiod ap. Ael. V. H. xii. 20 ryv Se 

 OVK cs TO Trai/reXes dypvirvelv KOI TavrrjV) aTroftefiXrjKevai 8e TOV VTTVOV TO 

 fjfjiio~v' Tip.o)piav 8e apa ravrrjv KTLVOVO~I 8ia TO Trddos TO ev QpaKT] KararoX- 

 p.rj6ev TO es TO delnvov eKeli/o TO adeo-fj-ov. Cf. Himerius, Orat. iii. 3, p. 432 

 d<pir]fj.i de KOL rat? ^eXtSoai raty 'Arrt/cais TOV pvdov fKelvov TOV QpqKiov. 



Other Myths and Legendary Allusions. How the mother brings to 

 her young, being blind at first, sight by means of a certain herb 

 (xeXidoi/ioj/), for which men have often sought in vain ; Ael. ii. 3, iii. 24, 

 Phil. 20. Cf. Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 508 b, VI. 5, 563 TUV oe i/eorroii/ av TLS 

 en veaiv OVTW TTJS xeXiSoi/os ra opifiara (KKevTrjay, yivovrai vyieis KOL fi\e- 

 nova-iv vo-Tfpov : also De Gen. iv.6. 774 b ; Antig. Mirab. 72 (78), 98 (106) ; 

 Plin. viii. 27. On the ^fXiSoi/i'a or ' Swallow-stone,' a cure for blindness, 

 epilepsy, &c., see Theoph. Nonn. 36, Diosc. ii de hirundine, Plin. xi. 

 79, xxxvii. 56; cf. Evangeline, I. ii. 133 'the wondrous stone which the 

 Swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its 

 fledglings ' ; Baring- Gould, Myths of the M. Ages ; Lebour, Zoologist, 

 xxiv. p. 523, 1866, c. Hence the ashes of Swallows are a remedy 

 for cataract, Plin. xxix. 38 ; Galen, De Fac. Simpl. Med. Ch. Boiled 

 swallow, a remedy for the bite of a mad dog, Plin. xxviii. (10) 43. 



How the mother immolates herself over the bodies of her dead 

 children : Opp. Hal. v. 579 o>? S' OTTOT' opraXt'^oio-i ^fXt 

 vtpQev i>7re 6p6(poio ru^eoj/ o(pis ay^i TreXatra-^ | Kai rot/y p,e 

 P.TJTTJP de Trp&Tov p.ev aTvop.(vrj SeSoi^rai | Xoiyta rerptyuta fpovov yoov' aXX 

 ore TralSa? | aOpfjar) (pdipevovs, f) 5* OVKTI <pui,v oXedpov \ Si'^erai, aXX' avrfjcriv 

 VTral yfvvfffO'i 8pa.KovTOS \ eiXetrai p.eo'fi opviv \rj TraidoKTOvos IITT). 



The twittering of Swallows likened to the speech of barbarous 

 tongues, Aesch. Ag. 1050 ^e\idovos dUijv dyi>a>ra (pwvrjv j3ap/3apov KKTT)~ 

 pevrj. Ar. Av. 1 68 1 fii) ^a/3pa^et (s. /3a/3aei, /3an'^a, jSav^tt, rtrv^tfn, 

 &c.) y axrirfp ai ^tXi5oi'$-. Hence 6 xe\i8a)v = 6 fidpftapos, cf. Ion. ap. 

 Schol. Ar. Av. 1680; Ar. Ran. 680. Similarly, Eur. Alcmen. fr. 91 

 XeXf8oi>coj/ novaela, explained by Hesych. o>r /3dp/3apa KOI davvfra -noiovv- 

 TUP TMV rpayiKad/: cf. Ar. Ran. 93 xeXiSoi/a>i> fiouaeia, XwfirjTal Tf\ vr l f ' See 

 also Suidas. Cf. Nicostr. 3. 288 (Mein.) el TO avvex&s KO.L noX\a KOL 

 XaXeii/ | rjv TOV (ppovetv 7rapdo~r)uov, ai \e\i86vs \ eXfyovr' av fjfj.a>v 



The Pythagorean injunction ^AiSom cv olida ^ fie'^co-^oi, Pythag. 

 ap. Iambi. Adhort., xxi, may be thus understood of foreigners : 

 Arist. fr. 192, 1512 b, Hesych. roureWi XdXous dv6pa>7rovs o/jLvpocpiovs fj-f) 

 Other explanations in Plut. Symp. viii. 7 x ^ l ^^ v T f] ^>^" ft 

 , TraptiSeiy^ca TOV dj3f/3ai'ou Kai d%apio~TOV '. Diog. Lacrt. Viii. I7j 



