IAIAI— IYr= 



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'inno'KAMnTOI- arpovQiov n, Hesych. [verb. dub.). 

 "IIKAA, v. txXa. 



"IZTPAH* opvis notos, Hesych. Perhaps for TeVpa| (q. v.). 

 "ITYE. Spveov, Suid., Phot., Lex. Seg. Cf. wyi 



w IYr=. Perhaps from the hissing cry, cf. Ivyrj, a snake's hiss, Nic. 

 Th. 400 ; but more probably a word of foreign and unknown 

 origin. 

 The Wryneck, Yunx torquilla, L. Mod. Gk. acpevSoXi, pvpprjKoXdyos 

 (Heldreich). See also iyu£, ?tu£, KiycuSioi/, aeio-oiruyts. 



Arist. H. A. ii. 12, 504 a (a full and accurate description) dXlyoi 8e nves 

 dvo pev [SoktuXovs] epnpoaOev 8vo 6° oniaOev, olov fj Ka.Xovp.evr) ?vy£ [cf. De 

 Part. iv. 12, 695]. avTij §' earl pi<p(S pev peifav tnri£t}f f to 6° eldos noiKiXov, 

 tdia 6° e%ei rd re nepi [rovs SciktCXovs Kai] rr)v yXcorrav Spoiav rot? 6(f)ecriv' 

 e^fi yap e'm prjicos Zktcktiv koX eVt rerrapas daKrvXovs, ko\ ndXiv avo-reXXerai 

 els eavrrjv. en 6"e jvepiarpe^ei rbv rpd)(r)Xov els TOvni(r<o tov Xolttov ad)p,aros 

 r)pepovvros, KaOdirep oi oqbeis. ovv^us &' ?X« peydXovs pev opoiovs pevroi 

 neqbvKoras rols t&v koXoicov' rfj de (jxcvjj rpi£ei (cf. Plin. xi. (47) 107). 

 Ael. H. A. ix. 13 tvyyas, epoaracas audpairoi (fiaaiv elvai rives: cf. ibid. XV. 

 19. Mentioned among mimetic birds, Ael. H. A. vi. 19 vnoKpiverai rbv 

 nXdyiov r) 1vy£ axiXov. 



Superstition, interwoven with a phallic symbolism (cf. Dion. De 

 Avib. i. 23), used the tvy£ as a charm to bring back a strayed lover. 

 Pind. P. iv. 214 (in connexion with Jason and Medea) irorvia 8' o^vrdrcjv 

 fteXeeov noLKiXav Ivyya rerpaKvapov QvXvpnoQev iv dXvra £eu£cucra kvkXco 

 paivdh* opvip Kvnpoyeveia cpepev irpayrov dvdpooTroicri. Theocr. Id. ii"luy£ 

 eXice to ttjvov epbv norl dcopa tov avbpa. Gk. Anth. (Jac. iv. 140, Anth. 

 Pal. v. 205) Ivy^ f) NtKoC? r) koX dianovTiov eXiceiv | avbpa koX in OaXdpcov 

 naldas eTvio~rapevr). Qi. Soph. Oenom. iii. I 'ivyya drjprjrrjpiav epooros. The 

 bird was bound upon a wheel and spun round, cf. Theocr. ii. 30; 

 Schol. Pindar, 1. c. ap. Suid. ed. Gaisford Xapftdvovaai yap airb 

 dearpevovaiv rK rpo)(ov twos, bv nepippopfiovo-iv dpa e7radovo-ai. oi be qbaaiv 

 on to, evrepa avrov e^eXicvo-ao-ai KaOdivrovai rS Tpo\(S. Cf. Hesych., 

 Suidas, Tzetzes in Lycophr. 310, Ael. H. A. ix. 13, &c. In Pind. P. iv. 

 214 1177a TerpaKvapov is supposed to be the bird thus bound, and 

 cross-fixed or spread-eagled ; cf. Pind. P. ii. 40 rerpdicvapov deapov. See 

 also King, Ant. Gems, i. 381. 



In Xen. Mem. iii. 12, 17 TXiceiv Ivyya M tlvl is to work the bird 

 against some one (Schn.), and perhaps the word is here used for the 

 wheel itself or for a charm in a more general sense ; cf. Aristaenet. 

 ii. l8 tov (f)tXrpo7roLbv inereve rcdXiv kox cKeivrjs dvaKivrjaai ras tvyyas : cf. 

 also Pind. Nem. iv. 35 Ivyyi 8' eXuopai rjrop veoprjviq Oiyepev : Luc. Dom. 

 13 &airep dnb Ivyyos too KaXXei eXicopevos'. Ar. Lys. IIIO, Diog. L. vi. 2, 76; 



