6 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AETOI {continued). 



eggs, hatches two, and rears one, Musaeus ap. Arist. vi. 6, 563, Plin. 

 x. 4 ; a similar statement of lepa£, Horap. ii. 99 tiktcov yap rpla cod, to ev 

 povov imXeyeTai kcu rpecpei, to. fie aXXa dvo K.Xa' tovto fie noiel, dta to kot 

 ckuvov tov xpovov tovs ovvxas dnoftdXXeiv, kcu ivTevOzv prj bvvacrOai to. Tpia 

 (Bpecpr) Tpecpeiv. 



How, when brooding, it goes without food, oncos pf] dpnaCrj tovs to>v 

 6t]pi(ov aKvpvovs (cf. Horap. i. Ii). ol re ovv owx^s avrov biao~Tpe(povTai oXiyas 

 rjpepas, Kai to. 7rrepa XeuKatVerai, oocrre kcu to'ls tckpois Tore yivovTcu ^aXeTroi. 

 ov rrdvTa fie to. tg>i> dercop yevrj opoia ivep\ to. TeKva, aXX' 6 nvyapyos ^aXe7rd?, 

 01 fie peXaves cvtckvoi nepl Tqv Tpocprjv elcriv, Arist. H. A. vi. 6, 563. 



The sharp sight of the Eagle, opvidoov o^vconco-TaTos, and how its gall 

 mingled with honey is an ointment for the eyes, Ael. i. 42 ; Plin. xxix. 38, 

 &c. Cf. II. xvii. 674, Alciphr. iii. 59 yopybv to fikeppa ; Prov. aerifies /3Xe'- 

 7r€ii>, Lucian Icarom. 14 (ii. 769), Hor. Sat. i. 3. 26, &c. How the Eagle's 

 offspring look straight at the sun, and the bastards, being by this test 

 discovered, are cast out, Ael. ii. 26, cf. Arist. H. A. ix. 34, 620, Antig. 

 Mirab. 46 (52), Lucan ix. 902, Lucian, Pise. 46 (i. 613), Sil. Ital. x. 107, 

 Petron. Sat. 120, Claudian III. Cons. Hon. Praef. 12, Plin. x. (3)4, Dion. 

 De Avib. i. 3, Apul. Florid, i. 2, Basil. Hexaem. viii. 6. 177, Eust. Hexaem. 

 viii. 6. 952, S. August. Mor. Manich. xvi. 50, Julian. Imp. Epp. 16 (386 C), 

 40 (418 d), Eunod. Ep. i. 18, id. Carm. ii. 150, Phile i. 14. Cf. Chaucer, 

 P. of Fowles, 331 'the royal egle . . . that with his sharpe look perceth 

 the sun.' On the Egyptian origin of this fable, see Keller, op. c. p. 268, 

 and cf. Horap. i. 6, 11. The Solar Myth is also oriental, and in the 

 Rig-veda the sun is frequently compared to a Vulture or Eagle hovering 

 in the air. 



The Eagle is exempt from thirst, Ael. H. A. ii. 26 ovdcirorc forks 

 ovtc Trrjyrjs fietTcu ovre yXi^erai KovicrTpas, dXXci kcu dtyovs dpcivcov icrrl \ 

 cf. Arist. H. A. viii. 18, 601 fa ; but perishes of hunger (also an Egyptian 

 fable, Keller op. C. 267), yrjpdcrKovcri fie tois dcTols to pvyxos av£dv€Tai to 

 apco yapyjsovpevov del pdXXop, Kai TeXos Xipco ano0pr)o-KovcriP. eViXeyrrai fie 

 tis Ka\ pvOos, cos tovto nda^ei 8i6n apBpcoirbs tvot cov rjdUrjcrc £epop, Arist. 

 H. A. ix. 32, 619. Cf. Antig. 46 (52), Horap. ii. 96 (where the Eagle is 

 said to be for that reason an Egyptian symbol for an old and starving 

 man), Epiphan. ad Physiol, c. 6, Plin. x. 14. 



It is however long-lived, paKpofiios 8' eVrtV drjXop fie tovto ck tov 

 noXvp XP 0V0V T h v veoTTidv ttjp avrrjp diapeveip, Arist. H. A. ix. 32, 619 b. 



It feeds on grass, Ael. ix. 10 (popos oWep kol Al6s KeKXrjTai), is poisoned 

 by avpcpvTov, Ael. vi. 46, Phil. De An. Pr. 668, and in sickness eats 

 tortoises as a remedy, Dion. De Av. i. 3. 



Its hours of feeding : copa fie tov epyd£ecr6ai derco Kai TverecrOai an* 

 dpitTTOv pexpi t)€iXt]s' to yap €<o0ep KaOrjTai pfXP L ayopas 7tXt]0vovo-t]s, Arist. 

 H. A. ix. 32, 619. 



