IKTINOI— IAIAX 69 



IKTINOI (continued)- 

 attributed to a constellation by Ovid and Pliny. I am for myself 

 inclined to think that Ovid did allude to the constellation, but that he 

 did not mean (nor say) that on the date in question it rose with the 

 sun ; as a matter of fact it then rose at midnight, and was on the 

 meridian when it disappeared at sunrise. 'IktIvos is also the name of 

 one of the mystical Xvkoi or aKfioves (q. v.) in Opp. Cyneg. iii. 331. 



Myth and Legend.— Hostile to icopag, Arist. H. A. ix. 1, 609, Ael. 

 iv. 5, Phile, De An. 688, Cic. De Nat. Deor. ii. 49 ; friendly to niqbiyg 

 and &pmj 9 Arist. 1. a, Ael. v. 48. Use Bpvos as a remedy, Phile 725 ; 

 place pdfxvov in the nest as a charm, Ael. i. 55 ; how a stick from a Kite's 

 nest is a remedy for headache, Plin. xxix. (6) 36, xxx. (4) 12 ; detest the 

 pomegranate, poia, so that they never even alight on that tree, and 

 why, Dion. De Avib. i. 7. Suffer at certain seasons from sore feet, 

 Dion. I.e., namely, at the time of the Solstice, Plin. x. (10) 12 ; and 

 from sore eyes, Suid. s. v. Urepos. See also Albert. M. De Animal, xxiii. 

 24, p. 641. Cf. supra, s. v. Upa§. How the Kites in Elis rob men 

 in the market-place (cf. Ar. Av. 1624), but never molest the UpoOvroi, 

 Ael. ii. 47, Arist. De Mirab. 123, 842 a, Theopomp. ap. Apollon. Hist. 

 Mirab. x, Pausan. v. 14, Plin. 1. c. ; on the Kite as dangerous to 

 sacrifices, cf. Ar. Pax 1099, Av. 892 ; cf. tco Ikt'ivco tco eo-Tiovxy, Ar. 

 Av. 865. How the Kite was once a King, Ar. Av. 499. The story 

 in Plin. 1. c, milvos artem gubernandi docuisse caudae flexibus, does 

 not seem to occur in Greek. In Latin, Milvus is proverbial for its 

 powers of flight and of vision ; cf. Pers. Sat. iv. 26, Juv. ix. 25, Martial 

 ix. Ep. 55. 



Fable of IktIvos that lost its voice trying to neigh, Aes. Fab. ed. Halm, 

 170, Babr. 73 ; Suid. ; cf. Julian in Misopogone, p. 366 (cit. Schneider in 

 Arist. H. A. vi. 6) tov iKTiva ernOeaBaL r«o xP e H- €T ^ eiv ) (ocrirep oi yevvaloi t<ov 

 irnrcop, eira tov pev iTvika.6Qp.svov, to be p.rj bvvrjOivTa eXcIv Ikciv£>$, dp.(po7v aTe- 

 peaOai koX (pavXoTepov Toav aXXwv opvtduv elvat ttjv (pavrjv : cf. aedos. Fable 

 of \dpos Kai IktIvos, Aes. 239. Proverb, TrpoKvXivbctadai Iktipois, Ar. Av. 

 501 ; cf. Suid. eapos yap dpxop,e'vov 'lktlvos (paiveTai. oi nevrjTcs ovv 

 a7ra\\ay€VT€S x €l H-™ vos 7rpocKv\iv8ovvTo Ka\ Trpoo~€Kvvovv avTovs. 



See also apirif), jSaTuppnydXr], Swctus, IXa^os. 



'IAIA'1. Also IXXds, Athen. ii. 65 a, Eust. 947, 8. In some MSS. 

 of Athen. also TvXds. Perhaps akin to t^ a > i. e. Kt'xXa. 

 A kind of Thrush: for references, see KixXn. 



Gesner, Belon, and others identify IXids as the Redwing, Turdus 

 iliacus, L., on account of its small size (Arist. H. A. ix. 20, 617). Sundevall 

 points out that the expression tJttov ttolkiXt) (1. c.) is inapplicable. In 

 Athen. ii. 65 a (c. 68) these words are omitted from a corresponding 

 passage ; and the account of the nesting habits of kIxXtj (H. A. vi. 1) 



