IBII— IEPA= 6$ 



'lAE'GN- elbos [ebos, cf. Schmidt] dcrov, Hesych, 



e IE'PA= (Ep. and Ion. tprjg, s. ?/«?£: I). Not connected with lepds (t); 

 perhaps from root fl swift (cf. Maass, Indo-Germ. Forsch. i. 

 p. 159), but the etymology is quite obscure. 



A Hawk. The generic term especially for the smaller hawks and 

 falcons. Mod. Gk. Upaiu or yepdn, applied to the Sparrow-hawk, 

 Kestrel, Hobby, &c, and also to the Kite (Erhard). Dimin. 



lepaKibevs, Eust. 753, 56; UpaKiaKos, Ar. Av. 1 1 12. 



In Horn, with epithets cokvs II. xvi. 582, uKimrepos xiii. 62, g>ki<ttos 

 Trererjvcov xv. 237, eXacppoTciros neTerjv&p xiii. 86 : also Od. v. 66. In Hes. 

 Op. et D. 210 a>KV7r€Ti]s ?pr)£, TawaLTTTepos opvis : cf. Ar. Av. 1453. In 

 Arist. with ep. yapyj/oipvxos, a-apKocpdyos, <bp,o(pdyo$, &c. Alcman 16 ap. 

 Athen. 373 Xvaap o"' arrpaKra peapibes, "Qo~t oppeis lepaKos vnepnTapepoi : 

 Eur. Andr. II41 ol 5' ottcos ireXeidbes Upax Ibovaai npos (pvyrjp ivoaTicrav. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 tcop 8' lepaKeop Kpanaros pep 6 

 Tpiopxrjs, bevrepos b 6 alcrdXcop, rpiros 6 KtpKos' 6 S' darepias Kai 6 (paacro- 

 cf)6pos kcu 6 nreppis dXXoloi' ol be nXarvrepoi lepaKes vnorpiopxai KaXovprai, 

 aXXoi be TrepKoi Kai OTTt^icu, ol be Xeloi Kai ol (ppvpoXoyoi' yeprj be tS>v 

 lepaKoop (paal rives elpai ovk eXdrrco tg>v beKa, biacpepovai 6° d.XXr)Xa>v, k. t. X. 

 Cf. ib. viii. 3, 592 b. That there were ten species of hawks is asserted 

 by Callimachus, Etym. M. Vide Callim. fr. p. 468, ibique Bentleii ; 

 cf. Schol. ad Ap. Rhod. i. 1049. For lists of the species, cf. Ar. Av. 

 1 1 78, Ael. xii. 4, Dion. De Avib. i. 6, Plin. x. 8, 9, 10. The Egyptian 

 hawks were smaller, Arist. H. A. xii. 4. The various hawks migrate 

 during winter (cf. Job xxxix. 26) except rpiopx^s, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, or 

 efiileus, Plin. x. (8) 9. 



Anatomical particulars. — \oXrjv dpa npos too jjTrart Ka\ to7s evrepois 

 exovcri, Oepprjv rrjv KoiXlav, piKpop top cmXrjpa, Arist. H. A. ii. 1 5, 5°6a, 1 6, 

 506b ; De Part. iii. 7, 670 a. 



Breeding habits. — Arist. H. A. vi. 6, 563, incubates twenty days ; ix. 1 1, 

 615 i* diroiopois peorrevei. De Gen. ii. J, 746 b boKovaiv ol biaqbepovres rco 

 etbei piyvvaOai npos dXX-fjXovs (an error naturally arising from the sexual 

 difference in size and plumage in many species). H. A. vi. 7, 564 

 yivovrai ol peorroi f]bvKpea acpobpa Kai moves. Ael. H. N. ii. 43 deivccs 

 (piX66rjXvs, cf. Horap. i. 8. Antig. Mirab. 99 (107) rpia p-ev rUreip, 

 av^avopevayv be tcop pcottcdp eKXeyetp top eva, k. t. X. See also supra S. V. 

 cUtos, and cf. Horap. ii. 99. 



On Hawking. — Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 ep OpaKT) rjj KaXovpevrj itots 

 KebpeindXet ev r«3 eXei Orjpevovaiv ol iivBpoinoi to. opvidia Koivfj pera roop 

 lepaKoiv. Cf. De Mirab. vi. 118, 841 b, Ctesias in Phot. Excerpt, and ap. 

 Ael. iv. 26, Ael. ii. 42, Antig. Hist. Mirab. [Amphipolis], 28 (34), 

 Plin. H. N. x. 8 (10), &c. The account in Dion. De Avib. i. 6, iii. 5, and 





