22 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



AAEKTPYflN {continued). 



naaav Kava^oov oXocpcovos, 'AXeKTCop. — etprjTai 8 ovrots eneibq Kai (K tov 

 XeKTpov fjfias dieyeipei. Theocr. xxiv. 63 opviOes rpirov apri tov ea\aTov 

 op0pou aeidov. Soph. El. 1 8 a>s fjplv fjdr) XapKpov rjXlov aeXas £<oa Kivel 

 (pdeypar 6pvi6a>v o~a<pr] : fr. 900 kokko(S6(is opvis '. cf. ep. 6pdpo(S6as, 

 Alexarch. ap. Athen. 98 E. Diph. iv. 421 (Mein.) opdpioicoKKvg [led. 

 dud.] d\€KTpva)v. Probably alluded to also Soph. Anten. 2, fr. 141 

 (Ath. ix. 273 D) opvi0a Kai KTjpvKa Kai didicovov. Plat. Symp. 223 C 

 a\fKTpv6va>v abovTcav, at Cock-crow. Cf. Alciphr. i. 39. 20, Aristaenet. 

 i. 24 tit dXeKTpvovcov (odds : Ar. Nub. 4, Juv. ix. 107, &c. Plut. ap. Eust. 

 Od. p. 1479, 47 o~e 8e kokkv£<ov opOpi dXeKTcop 7rpo<a\elrai. Antip. Thess. 

 v, in Gk. Anthol. ii. p. 96 irdXai 5' rjcpos 'AXeKroop, K^pvaaav (pdoveprjv 

 'Hpiyeveiav ayei. opvLQcov eppois (f)dovepa>TaTos, k. r. X. : cf. Ar. Vesp. 815, 

 Anyt. xi, in Gk. Anthol. i. p. 132, Virg. Aen. viii. 456, &c. Arist. De 

 Acoust. 800 b tovs Tpa^Xovs ex 0UT€S H-axpovs fiiaicos (pdeyyovrai. Ael. 

 N. A. iv. 29 6 aXeKTpvaiv ttJs aeXfjVTjs dvio-x°vo-r]S e'vOovaia (pao~i Kai (TKiprd. 

 ffkws de avicrxtov ov< av nore avTov SiaXddoi, cpStKCD-ruros be eavrov ecrri 



TTjPLicdSe. Cf. Arist. H. A. iv. 9, 536. Lucian, Gallus, &c. With ep. 

 lopopavTis, Babr. cxxiv. II. 



KOKKv£eiv, to crow, Cratin. ii. 186, Diph. iv. 407 (Mein.), Theocr. vii. 

 48, 124, &c. KaKKdCeiv, to cackle, Hesych., &c. 



Why the Cock crows : by an affinity for the sun, or rejoicing in heat 

 and light, Heliodor. i. 18. See also Schol. Ar. Av. 830, Cic. De Div. 

 ii. 26. According to Theophrastus (Ael. iii. 38) in moist localities 

 Cocks don't crow. Paus. v. 25. 9, on the shield of Idomeneus, as a 

 descendant of Helios, fjXlov be iepov (paaiv eivai tov opvida Kai dyyeXXeiv 

 dvieuat peWovros tov f}Xiov. See also Schol. Diog. L. viii. 34, Plaut. M. 

 Gl. iii. 1. 96, Mart. xiv. 223, Isidor. De N. R. c. 3, &c, &c. 



How to prevent Cocks crowing, by means of a collar of sarmentum 

 wood, Plin. xxiv. 25. 



On hearing a Cock crow, or an ass bray, it is a matter of common 

 prudence to spit, Joh. Chrysost. in comm. ep. S. P. ad Ephes. iv. 12 

 (vol. xi. p. 93, Montef.) : this reference to the ass is used to explain 

 ovov opviv in Ar. Av. 721, by Haupt, Inaug. Diss., Berlin, 1864. 



On Fighting Cocks, Aesch. Eum. 866 ; Plato, Legg. vii. 789 ; Theocr. 

 xxii. 72 ; cf. Opp. Cyneg. ii. 189; cf. Schol. in Ar. Eq. 494, Ach. 165 

 orav els pd%rjv avp^aXXataiv tovs dXeKTpvovas, aKopoba Bi$6ao~iv avTols '. 

 Lucian, Anarch. 37 (2. 918), &c. (See also Xen. Symp. iv. 9, and 

 cf. cpvo-iyyoopcu, from <pv<riyg, garlic. The annual cock-fight at Athens, 

 instituted by Themistocles, Ael. V. H. ii. 28 dXeKTpvovas dyavi^eaBai 

 drjpoaia ev t<o Bedrpa pui Tjpepa tov Ztovs : cf. J. E. Harrison, Myth, of 

 Anc. Athens, p. 278; also at Pergamus, Plin. x. 21 (25). The cock- 

 fight was depicted on the High-priest's chair in the Dionysiac theatre 

 (Boetticher, Harrison, &c.) ; represented also in the Festival Calendar 



