12 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AHAfiN (continued). 



aXX' dnXrjv, Kal to ^poijxa /LteTa/3aXXei* Kal tv ye 'iraXia to ouofxa tTfpov 

 KaXelrai nepl tt]v &pav TuvTr/v. (paiverai §' ov noXvv xp° vov ' <p<*>Xel yap 

 (cf. Ael. xii. 28 ; Plin. N. H. x. 29, Clem. Alex. Paedag. x) : the above 

 excerpt is very obscure and mystical ; with the verb daa-vvrjTai cf. 

 Etym. M. s. v. AavXis, also Aesch. fr. 27 (ibi tit.), and Paus. x. 4, 7. 

 Hesiod, ap. Ael. V. H. xii. 20 ttjv drjbova p.6vt]v opvidcov dpoipelv vnvov 

 Kal dia. Tekovs aypvnvtiv. Ael. H. A. i. 43 drjdaiv opvidcov XiyvpcoTaTTj, 

 Xeyovai 8e Kal to. Kpea avrrjS is dypvirv'iav XvaiTeXelv : cf. ib. xii. 20, Phile 

 xviii. Ael. iii. 40 Kadeipyp,ivr) iv oIklo~K(o cpdrjs aTre^erai, koi dpvveTai top 

 6pvi6o6r)pav imep Trjs dovXeias Ttj o-iamrj' ovnep ovv ol dvOpconoi jreneipap-ivoi, 

 Tag fieV rjhr) npea^VTepas p.ediaai } o-irovdd£ovai Se flrjpdv to. vcottio. Ib. V. 

 38 iv Tals iprjp.iais orav q8r] npos iavTrjV, dnXovv to p.eXos' orav de dXeo 

 Kal to>v ukovovtcov pf) 8iap,apTavr], noiKiXa re dvap-eXneiv Kal TciKepws iXiTTeiv 

 to p.eXos. Its mode of capture, Dion. De Avib. iii. 13. On captive 

 Nightingales, see also Nemesian, Eel. ii, De Luscinia. A white or 

 albino specimen, Plin. 1. c. 



The locus classicus for the Nightingale's song is Plin. x. (29) 43, 

 cf. Ar. Av. 209 ; see also Dion. De Avib. i. 20, Phile xviii, &c. 



Pausan. ix. 30. 6 Xeyovat 8e oi QpqKes, oo-ai twv drjbovoov e\ovai vfoaaids 

 eVi too Tacpop tov 'Op(peos, TavTas rjdiov Kal p.e'i(6v tl qdeiv. Cf. Antig. Hist. 

 Mirab. 5, Myrsili Methymn. fr. 8 (vol. iv. p. 459, Miiller). 



The Nightingale which sang over the infant Stesichorus, as a presage 

 of poetry, Plin. x. 43 (29). The transmigration of Thamyras (? Thammuz), 

 Plato, Rep. x. 620. 



On talking Nightingales, Plin. N. H. x. 59 (42). 



The lay of the loom, KepKida d' evnoirjTov, drjbova Tav iv ipldois, Antip. 

 Sid. xxii, Gk. Anthol. ii. 11, cf. id. xxvi; cf. Ar. Ran. 1316. 



The Cricket is called Tqv Nv/i(/>eoj/ napodiTiv drjbova, Gk. Anthol. 

 iv. 206. 



Ulysses, for his melancholy tale, is Mova-au drjdav, Eur. Palamed. 

 viii ; a poet is Movo-dav dydovis, Anthol. Pal. vii. 414 (cf. Movadv opvix^s, 

 Theocr. vii. 47) ; a bad poet is drjdovcov r)7riaXos (enough to give a Night- 

 ingale the shivers), Phryn. Com. Inc. i. 



The Sirens are called dpnvioyowot. dr)86ves, Lye. 653. 



Proverb and Fable. — ovS' oaov dr]86ves v7rvd>ovo-iv, Suid. virvos 07780- 

 veios, Nicoch. Inc. 3 (ii. 846, Mein.), cf. Nonn. Dionys. v. 411 ofj,p.ao-iv 

 dpna^avTes dr]hoviov (s. d'idoviov) nTepov vnvov. rot o-Katnes drjdocri yapv- 

 aaivTo, Theocr. i. 136, cf. Gk. Anthol. (Jac.) iv. p. 218, also Theocr. v. 

 I36 noT drjbova Kiaaas ipicroev I Luc. Pise, y] QaTTOv dv yv\js drjdovas 

 fxip-rjaaiTO. 



Fable of the Hawk and the Nightingale, Hes. Op. et D. 203, cf. 

 Aes. Fab. 9, Plut. Mor. 158 B. The Nightingale and the Swallow, 



