EdO*— EPMAKON 57 



En CW {continued). 

 in Ael. xvi. 5. To a like source is traceable the Samir-legend, and 

 possibly also the obscure origin of the Tereus-myth. From its sanctity 

 in Egypt it became an unclean bird among the Jews, Lev. xi. 19, 

 Deut. xiv. 18, where its name fiBWl dukiphat (cf. Kouicoifya) is rendered 

 Lapwing, as being the crested bird with which the translators were 

 most familiar (cf. Newton, Diet, of Birds, p. 505). 



In the Birds of Aristophanes we have many veiled allusions to the 

 mythology of the Hoopoe. The confusion with k6kkv£ (vide s. v. 

 Kouicou<J>a) is indicated throughout ; the fables of Tereus and Procne 

 are frequently referred to, e. g. rj yap avdpa>7ros, v. 98 rr)v epr)v drjbova, 

 vv. 203, 367, &c. : the Hoopoe's first cry, avoiye tt)v ZXrjv, v. 93, is 

 a reference to the Samir-legend ; the kindred fable of Kopvbos appears 

 in vv. 472-476 ; the mysterious root in v. 654 is the magical dblavrov : 

 the mention of rjXiao-rrjs, v. 109, is a pun on fjXios : the allied solar 

 symbolism of bpvoKoXd7TTT)s is suggested in v. 480 ; and the nauseous 

 reputation of the nest is probably hinted at in the Hoopoe's pressing 

 invitation to Peisthetairus, v. 641, that he should enter in. 



'EPl'eAKOI, s. epiGciKos (Arist., Ael.), epiOeife (Arat., Theophr.), epiOuXos 



(Schol. ad Ar. Vesp.). The Robin, Erithacus rubecula, L. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 592 b opvis (TKcoXrjKocpdyos. ix. 49 B, 632 b pera- 

 fidXXovaiv ol epidaKoi Kal 01 Ka.Xovp.evoi (potVLKovpoi e£ dXXrjXav' ton 8' 6 

 pev epidaKos xei/zepii>di>, oi be (poiv'tKovpoi Bepivoi, diaqbepovai 8' dXXr)X<op 

 ovdep as elnelv aXX' rj rfj XP"? pdvov : Geopon. xv. I. 22. 



A weather-prophet, Arat. Phen. 1025, Theophr. fr. vi. 3, 2 gcip&yos 

 peya o-rjpa Kai op^iXos Kal ipidzvs, dviw is KolXas 6\eds. Arist. fr. 24 1, 

 1522 b epidaKos it to. avXia Ka\ ra olKovpeva napioiv drjXos ion yeipfiivos 

 iinbrjpiav aTrooibpdo-Koiv. Cf. Ael. VII. 7» 



A mimetic bird, pipovvrai Kal pepvrjvrai fav av dKovacoo-Lv, Porphyr. De 

 Abst. iii. 4 (ipiOaKos here is either an interpolation, or is used of some 

 other bird). 



Proverb, Schol. in Ar. Vesp. 922 (927) pla Xo^prj 8vo ipiOaKovs ov rpecpet. 

 eari de opveov vtt6 pev rivoav KaXovpevov epiOevs, imb be erepoiv epidvXos, 

 vno tcov izXeiovatv epidaKos I cf. Photius. Also epidevs' 6 epidaKos, to opveov, 

 Hesych. epidaKos' opveov povrjpes Ka\ povorponov, Suid. 



Sundevall derives eplOaKos from epvdpos, Oclkos (cf. Eng. redstart, 

 Germ. Rothsteiss), and identifies the bird in Arist. with the Redstart, 

 Lusciola phoenicurus, L., in winter plumage: vide s. v. (j>oii/iKoupos. 

 The derivation is far-fetched, and the identification is discountenanced 

 by the fact that the Redstart does not, at least in Attica, remain 

 through the winter (Kriiper p. 245), during which season the Robin 

 is as common there as with us. See also ato-aicos, SdvSaXos. 



"EPMAKON- opveov, Hesych. Probably by error for ipLOaKov. 



