48 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



HW {continued). 



Arist. H. A. vi. 5, 563 veoTTevei enl nerpais anpoafidTois (also Antig. 

 H. Mirab. 42 (48), cf. Aesch. Suppl. 796 Kpepdc yvmas neTpa)' bib andviov 

 Ibelv veoTTiav yvirbs kcll vcottovs. Kcii bid tovto kcu 'Hpobcopos 6 Bpvaaivos 

 tov <To(pi<jTov narrjp (prjaw elvai rovs yvnas a</>* irepas 7*7?> d8rj\ov rjfuv, 

 tovto T€ Xeymv to arjpelov, otl ovbels ea>pa<e yvnos veorridv, kul on ttoXXoI 

 i£ai(pvr)s (paivovrai aKoXovOovvres toIs o~t pared paaiv [as the Griffon 

 Vulture did at Sebastopol], cf. Ael. ii. 46, Basil. Hexaem. viii 'ibois dv 

 pvpias dyeXas yvna>v toIs aTpaTOTrthois 7rape7ropevas : &C. How the 

 Vultures divine beforehand the place of battle, np6 r]p.ep<dv Ittto. eV 

 amov 7ra.pay1v6p.eva1, Horap. i. II ; cf. Ael. ii. 46 ; Umbricius ap. Plin. x. 

 (6) 7 ; Plaut. True. ii. 3. 16, Martial, Ep. 62, 6. 



Arist. 1. C. to 5' io-Ti xaktTTov pzv Idfiv, a>TTTai 8' opcos. t'iktovcti. be 8uo coa 

 oi yxmes (cf. Plin. x. 7). Cf. H. A. ix. II, 615, which latter passage has 

 ev (iobv r/ dvo tcl TrXelaTa. 



On the mythical generation of vultures, how they are all females, 

 are impregnated by the East wind, lay no eggs, and bring forth their 

 young alive and feathered, see Ael. ii. 46, Arist. De Mirab. (6c) 835 a, 1, 

 Horap. i. 11, Dion. De Avib. i. 5, Phile, De An. Pr. 121, Plut. Quaest. 

 de Us. Rom. 93 (Mor. 286 A, B), Ammian. Marcell. xvii, Tzetz. Chil. 

 xii. 439, Euseb. Pr. Ev. iii. 12, and innumerable other references in 

 Patristic literature. On the mythical genealogy of the vultures, see also 

 s. vv. deTos, dXidcTOs, <J>rjnf]. These are Egyptian myths. Vultur 

 fulvus was sacred to Maut, the Goddess of Maternity, cf. Deut. xxxii. 

 II, 12; cf. Horap. i. Ii prjTepa be ypdepovres yvna faypacpovo-i, eneibq 

 apprjv ev tovtco tw yevei to>v £&.W ov\ virdpxei. Hence also the obstetrical 

 value of a Vulture's feather, Plin. xxv. (14) 44. The Common Egyptian 

 Vulture or Pharaoh's Hen, Neophron ftercnoftterus, was sacred to Isis, 

 cf. Ael. X. 22 Alyvnrioi be "Upas pev lepov opviv elvai neTr tare vKaai tov yvna, 

 Korrpovat be ttjv ttjs "icribos KecpaXrjv yvnos nTepots. In Horapollo, yv\jr is 

 always feminine. The Vulture being sacred in Egypt, was an unclean 

 bird among the Jews ; cf. eiroij/. 



On the (piXoo-Topyia of the Vultures, cf. Od. xvi. 216, Aesch. Ag. 49, 

 Plut. Q. Rom., Mor. 286 A, B, Opp. Hal. i. 723 ; cf. cuyuTuos. 

 The Vulture is stated to feed its young with its own flesh or blood, 

 a myth afterwards transferred to the Pelican ; Horap. i. II, cf. Georg. 

 Pisidas, 1064 (cit. Leemans) tov prjpov etCTepovres, fiparapevois TdXaKTos 

 oXkoIs fanvpoven to. (Bpe(pti. On the connexion between the Vulture 

 and the Pelican, see s.v. |3aiT)0. The stories of the Vulture's tenderness 

 and affection coincide with the resemblance between the Hebrew words 

 Drn compassion, and DiVl a vulture (Boch. Hieroz. ii. 803, &c). 



How a Vulture's feather, if burnt, drives serpents from their holes, 

 Ael. i. 45, Plin. xxix. (4) 24. How the pomegranate is fatal to vultures, 

 Ael. vi. 46. How the odour of myrrh is fatal to Vultures, Ar. De 



