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IE PAZ {continued}. 

 probably also in Martial, Ep. xiv. 216, refers to bird-catching with 

 a captive hawk, as with the owl. See also for much curious informa- 

 tion, 'UpaKoaocjiLov, s. rei accipitrariae scriptores, ed. Paris, 161 2, and 

 Leipzig, 1866, also SchlegePs Fauconnerie, &c. 



Metamorphosis with the Cuckoo. — Arist. H. A. vi. 7, 562 b, Plut. 

 Arat. cap. xxx, Tzetz. ad Lye. 395 ; Geopon. xv. 1. Theophr. De PL ii. 

 4, 4. Vide s. vv. eiroij/, kokku£. 



Myth and Legend. — Worship of Hawks in Egypt, Herod, ii. 65, 67 ; 

 Ael. x. 14 AlyviTTioi top lepaKa 'AnoWoovi Tipdp eo'iKaai (cf. II. xv. 237, Od. 

 xv. 526 and Eust. in loc, Ar. Av. 516, Eq. 1052), kcu top pep deov'Qpov 

 KaXovcri rfj cpoovfj rfj cr(p€Tepa . . . ol yap lepanes opvLOatv povoi rals oktIcti 

 tov rjXiov pqdiats kcu dj3a.o~apicrTct>s di/rt/3XeVoi>rfS, k. t. X. : cf. ib. xi. 39 and 

 vii. 9, where the priests are called UpaKofioo-Koi ; cf. also Plut. Is. et Os. 

 Ii. p. 371. Ael. xii. 4 6 pep 7rep8iKo6r)pas kcu oiKvnTepos 'AttoXXwj/os icrri 

 Bepdncap (pacrt, (prjpijp 8e Ka\ apnrjp 'ABrjpa 7Tpoo~pep.ovaip, 'Eppov 8e top 

 <paao~o(f)6pTr)p aBvppa elpal (pacnp, "Upas 6e top TapvcrinTepop, Ka\ top 

 rpiopxrjp ovToi Kakovp,epop 'Aprepibos. ft^rpl de Becop top pepppop. See 

 also Strabo, Geogr. xvii. I. 47, Horap. i. 8, Pier. Valer. Hierogl. xxi, 

 &C. tIpcs de (pacnp ep toIs apx^iois XP° V01S 1 ItpciKa (3ifi\Lop epeyKelp els 

 Qrjfias toIs iepevai (poLPiKco pappaTi irepiei.\r)ppe'pop, e\op yeypappepas tcls 

 tS)p depaneias re teal Tipds' dionep kcu tovs tepoypapparels (popelp (poiPtKovu 

 pdppa kcu TTTepop UpaKos hc\ ttjs K€<pakrjs t Diod. Sic. i. 87, 8. The 

 Egyptian Sun-god Phra with a hawk's head, lepaKopop(pos, UpaKvtrpba- 

 a)7ros, Philo ap. Eus. P. E. 41 D, 116 D (i. 10, iii. 12), Horap. i. 6. 

 In the Rig- Veda the sun is frequently compared to a hawk, hovering 

 in the air. The hawk associated with fire-worship, Ael. x. 24. A three- 

 legged hawk sometimes seen in Egypt, Ael. xi. 39. Moult before 

 the inundation, ib. xii. 4 ; live seventy years, ib. x. 14; the leg-bone 

 has an attraction for gold, ib. ; throw earth on an unburied corpse, 

 ib. ii. 42. Salve their eyes with BpidaKiprj or wild lettuce, ib. ii. 43 

 (also Dion. De Avib. i. 6); hence, as well as by reason of their sharp 

 sight, the Hawk or Eagle in medicine constitute a remedy for diseases 

 of the eye, Plin. xxix. (6) 38, &c. ; as does the herb lepdiaop, Horap. i. 

 6, Plin. xx. (7) 26, xxxiv. (11) 27: it is seldom possible to trace any 

 meaning in the mystical herbs associated with particular animals, and 

 it is therefore worth noting in this instance that BpidaKipr] is the sacred 

 herb of Adonis. Are supposed by some to be bastard eagles, Ael. ii. 

 43 ; how a hawk caused the apprehension of a sacrilegious thief at 

 Delphi, ib. ; how the hawks in Egypt repair to certain Libyan islands 

 to breed, having sent two messengers in front, ib. (cf. Plin. H. N. x. 8, 

 Diod. Sic. i. 87) ; do not eat the heart, ib. ii. 42 ; hostile to the fox, the 

 eagle, and the vulture, ib. Are exempt from thirst, Damasc. V. Isid. 

 97 (cf. s. v. octos), but drink blood instead of water, Horap. i. 7. Their 



