194 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XHN (continued}. 



/3iW : whose priests used it as food, Herod, ii. 37 ; as did the 

 Pharaohs, Diod. Sic. i. 70, and the sacred cats, ibid. i. 84. 



The Geese of the Capitol, sacred to Juno, Diod. Sic. xiv. 116 ; Ael. xii. 

 32 ; cf. Liv. v. 47, Cicero pro Roscio, 20, Virg. Aen. viii. 655, Plin. x. 26, 

 xxix. 14, Ovid, Fasti, i. 453. Cf. ref. to the bird's watchfulness, Arist. 

 H. A. i. i, 488 b ftpveov alaxvvrrjKov KOI <pv\aKTiKov : also noted in the 

 Vedas (Zimmer, Alt.-ind. Leben, p. 90, tit. Keller) ; cf. also Chaucer, 

 'the waker goose.' Its wisdom, Ael. v. 29, cf. Ovid, Met. viii. 684, 

 xi. 599 canibus sagacior anser. 



Sacred to Venus in Cyprus (Cesnola, Cyprus, pl.,vi) and to Priapus, 

 Petron. Sat. 136, 137. 



The Goose was sacrificed to Isis and Osiris in Autumn (Paus. 1. c.), as 

 by the ancient Germans to Woden at Michaelmas (Keller, op. c. p. 301). 



An erotic bird ; a goose enamoured of a boy, Ael. v. 29 ; of a musi- 

 cian, ibid. i. 6; and of a philosopher, ibid. vii. 41. Cf. Ael. iv. 54 j 

 Athen. xiii. 606 c ; Plut. Mor. 972 F. A lover's gift, Ar. Av. 707. 

 Hence, in Mod. Gk., a term of endearment, xn va I JLOV J iraTrnLa p.ov 

 (TraTTiria meaning a duck, but cf. Ar. Vesp. 297, ,&c.). Portends, in 

 dream-prophecy, the birth of a wanton maid, Artemid. Oneirocr. iv. 83. 

 Goose-fat as an aphrodisiac, Plin. xxviii. (19) 80, c. On sacrifices of 

 the Goose vide Gust. Wolff, Porphyr. De Phil., Ex Orac. Haur. Libr. 

 Reliq., Berlin, 1856; cf. Philologus xxviii. p. 189, 1869. On the erotic 

 symbolism of the Goose, see (int. at.) Creuzer, Symb. iv. p. 423. 



Tame Geese also mentioned, Soph. Fr. 745 ndavov 8e xn va KC " **pur- 

 rcpdv, e<f)CTTiov oiKeTiv re. Eubul. ap. Athen. xii. 519 KOI yap TTOO-O* KO.\\IOV, 

 iKereua), rpe(peiv \ avdpuirov ear' avdpconov av exi) /3i'oi/, | ?j X*l va wXaruyioi/ra 

 KCI\ Ke^vora: cf. Plut. Mor. 958 E. They were kept in the temples; 

 Artemid. I.e. lepol yap oi x*l ves * e> " va is avaTpefpopevoi. Brought as 

 gifts to the Indian king, Ael. xiii. 25. 



Fatted Geese, Epigen. ap. Athen. ix. 384 Sxrirep x^va a-irevrbv erpf<pf 

 /ze, &C. Eubul. 2re</>. ibid. JJLTJ trv xnvus rjirap 77 tyvxrjv fX fls '- P a ^- Alex, 

 xxi, Gk. Anth. iii. 119 x^vbs dXtora Xi-rrrj: cf. Juv. v. 114, Colum. xiv. 8, 

 &c. A favourite food of the younger Cyrus, Xen. Anab. i. 9, 26. 

 Given by the Egyptians to Agesilaus, Athen. 1. c. Brought from 

 Boeotia to the Athenian market, Ar. Ach. 878, Pax 1004 ; kept like- 

 wise in Macedonia and in Thessaly, Plat. Gorg. 471 C, Polit. 264 C. 

 Cf. Plut. ii. 2 loc, Plin. x. (22) 27, &c. 



They were kept, but not eaten, by the Celtic inhabitants of Britain, 

 Caes. Bell. Gall. v. 12 ; very much as at the present day. 



On goose-livers x^i/em fjirara, cf. (int. al.} Athen. ix. 384, Plut. ii. 965 a 

 Geopon. xiv. 22, Plin. x. 52, Hor. Sat. ii. 8, 88, Juv. v. 114, Mart, 

 xiii. 58, and many Comic fragments. A goose-herd, X^O^OO-KOS, Cratin. 

 ap. Athen, 1. c., Diod. i. 74 ; a goose-farm or goose-pen, 



