XHN XHNAAnnHE 195 



XHN (continued}. 



Varro, R. R. iii. 10, I, ^i/ojSoo-Kioi/, Geopon. xiv. 12, i, xTji/orpo^etoj', 

 Colum. viii. i, 3 ; cf. ^"ojScon'a, plat. Polit. 264 C. 



On goose-fat, or goose-flesh, in medicine, Plin. xxix. 38, Nicand. Alex. 

 228, Celsus, ii. 18, c. ; the blood, in medicine, ibid. xxix. 33, cf. Diosc. 

 Alexiph. c. 30, Galen, Comp. Medic, xi. i. On the use and value of the 

 feathers and down, Plin. x. 53 ; cf. Hesych, pvovs' TO XfTTTorarov Trrfpov, 

 Kvpi&s Se rS)V xyvav. 



Eubul. UpoKp. i. 5 (3. 247 M), yaXa x'fwfc, ' pigeons' milk,' of an un- 

 known luxury. 



Destructive to the crops, Babr. 13, Aesop, 76. 



A weather prophet, Arat. 1021 KOI x*i vs KXayyqSoj/ faety6p**eu Ppapolo \ 

 Xtipwvos p.eya a-rjua. Cf. Theophr. Sign. vi. 3 ; Geopon. i. 3, 9 ; Avien. 

 Aratea, 432 ; Suid. 



Capture by decoys, Dion. De Avib. iii. 23 : see also Nemes. Cyn. 314. 

 Killed by laurel, ddcpvr) and pododdcpvr), Ael. v. 29, Phile, De An. xv. 

 Use the herb sideritis as a remedy, Plin. viii. 27. 



The Oath of Socrates, vrj TOV xn va > probably for vfj TOV Zijva. ; cf. Ar. 

 Av. 521 ; an oath prescribed by Rhadamanthus (Suid.). Cf. Philostr. 

 vi, De Vita Apoll. c. 9; Cratin. 2. 155 (Mein.) ols r\v peyia-Tos opKos\ 

 airavTi Xoycp KVOW, eVeira xn v - 



Associated with Aquarius, in a representation of the month of 

 February (doubtless with reference to Juno, cf. s. v. raws), Graev. Thes. 

 Ant. Rom. viii. 97 ; cf. Creuzer, Symb. iii. p. 626. 



See for a further account of the Goose in classical art and mythology, 

 O. Keller, Thiere d. Cl. Alterth., pp. 286-303. 

 XH'N* 6 fjiixpos, dyeXaios. 



A wild species, unidentifiable, mentioned in Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 



593 b > I2 > 597 b. 

 XHNAAfl'nHE, s. x*)'<&<4, J. x r l l '^M'> Hesych. Dim. x'n^aXwireKiScus, 



Ael. vii. 47. 



The Egyptian Goose, Chenalopex aegyptiaca, Steph. This and 

 TTTjveXox//- are both probably renderings of an Egyptian word, cor- 

 rupted by false etymology. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, mentioned among the heavier web-footed 

 birds, after 6 fjiiKpbs x*l v aye\alos. Ael. V. 30 e^et fjicv yap TO eldos TO TOV 

 s > rravovpyiav 5e diKaioTdTa dvTiKpivoiTO av TTJ aXcoTreKt. KOI tVri /ueV 

 paxvTfpos, dvo'peioTepos fie, KCU ^copetf 6/ud(re dcivos. dfjivveTcu yoiv 

 KOL dcTov Kal a'iXovpov KCU TO, XOITTO, oo~a CIVTOV dvTinaXd fcrnv. Reverenced 

 in Egypt for parental affection, Ael. x. 16, xi. 38 (piXoTewov de apa <ov 

 TJV Kal 6 x^vaXcarrr]^ KOI TOVTO. Tols nepdtgi 8pa. KOI yap OVTOS irpb TO>V 

 VOTTa)V eavTov Kv\ii } Kal frdi&MTUi fXnioa as Qrjpaaovn avTov r<w eirtovrC 

 ol 8e dnodiSpdo-Kovo-iv ev ro> reooy. As an hieroglyphic symbol, meaning 



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