94 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



KOPAH {continued). 



after the rising of Corvus, as does also Taurus). The raven is friendly 

 to the fox, Arist. H. A. ix. i, 609 b. The raven's eggs dye the hair and 

 the teeth black, Ael. i. 48, Phile, De An. vi, Plin. xxix. (6) 34. The 

 raven in medicine, Plin. xxix. (4) 13, &c. After killing a chameleon, 

 the raven uses a leaf of laurel as an antidote to the reptile's venom, 

 Plin. viii. (27) 41. 



For an account of the various Raven-myths discussed in connexion 

 with the astronomic symbolism of the constellation Corvus, see Hygin. 

 Poet. Astron. xl, Fab. ccii, German, c. xl, Eratosthen. c. xli, Theon. 

 p. i5i,Vitruv. ix. 7, Ovid. 1. c, Dupuis, Orig. de tous les cultes, vi. 

 p. 457,&c. 



A "Weather-prophet.— A prophet of storm : Arat. 963-969 89 irore Kai 

 yeveal KOpaKtov Kai (pvXa koXoigov\ vdaros ip\opevoio Aios ndpa (rrjfi iyevovro, \ 

 (j)aivop,evoi dyeXrjdd Kai IprjKeao-iv 6p.oia \ cp6ey£dp.evoi . . . fj irore Kai Kpa^avre 

 fiapfij] diaaaKi (powfj | puiKpov iirippoi£evo-i Tivacrcr6p,evoi nrepd ttvkvo. '. cf. 

 Theophr. De Sign. vi. I, 16 Kopag noXXds pera(3dXXeiv el<o6<bs- <pa>vds, 

 rovTav idv Ta%y his ^Biy^rprai Kai iivippoi^r}(rrj Ka\ Tivd^rj to irrepa v8oap <rr)- 

 fUUP€l m Kai idv verav 6vt<ov noXXds p-era^aXXi] (fxovds Kai idv (pdeipifarai 

 €7T iXaias' Kai idv re evhins idv re vdaros ovtos p,iprjrai rfj (pcovfj olov 

 araXaypovs v8<op arjp.aivn (vide Aratus, 1. c), cf. ib. c. 3 ; Arist. ap. Ael. 

 vii. 7 ra^ecoff Kai irnTpo-)(u>s (pdeyynp.evos Kai Kpovav ras nrepvyas Kai Kpora>v 

 avrds, on xeipibv ecrrai Kareyvoi npcoros. Kopat; de av Kai Kopwvr] Kai koXoius 

 deiXrjs dyjsLas el cpdeyyoivro, xei/LiaJvos ecrea-dai nva iiribr}p.iav 8t8daKov(Ti : 

 Plut. Sol. Anim. ii. 129 A, Nic. Ther. 406 and SchoL, &c. A sign of 

 fair weather: Arat. 1003 Kai KopaKes p.ovvovp.ev iprjp.a7ot fiooavTes | 81a- 

 caKis, avrap eneira pey dSpda KeKXrjycores \ nXeioTepoi, dyeXrjdov iirrjv koltoio 

 pJdoivrai \ (peeves epnXeioi: cf. Theophr. op. cit. vi. 4, 1 3, Q. Smyrn. xii. 

 513, Geopon. i. 2, 6; i. 3, 8, Plin. xviii. 87, Virg. G. i. 382, 410. In 

 the Georgics, the allusion is evidently to rooks, as is perhaps also the 

 case, though more doubtfully, in Aratus ; cf. W. W. Fowler, ' A Year 

 with the Birds ' (3rd ed.), p. 234. 



Varieties.— White ravens, Arist. H. A. iii. 12, 519: cf. De Color. 

 6j 799 b ; Cod. Rhod. Lect. Antiq. xvii. 1 1 ; though XevKos Kopa£ = 

 cyg?ius ntger, an unheard-of thing, Anth. Pal. xi. 417 (Jac. iv. 130) 

 tl neipd^ets Xcvkov Idelv KopaKa', see also Photius, S.v. cs Kopaicas ; 

 Athen. 359 E; Lucian, Epigr. 9 (3, 689) Oclttov er\v XevKovs KopaKas, 

 TtTT)vds re xeXwvas \ evpelv rj boKtp.bv pi)ropa KamradoKrjv : cf. Schol. in Ar. 

 Nub. 133 ; Juv. Sat. vii. 202. Cf. fable of Kopag Kai kvkvos, Aes. 206. 

 According to Boios and Simmias, ap. Anton. Lib. c. xx, Lycias, son 

 of Cleinis, was metamorphosed into a white Raven. The ravens in 

 Egypt are smaller than in Greece, Arist. H. A. viii. 28, 606. 



depoKopa|, a fabulous variety, Lucian, Ver. Hist. i. 16. Kopa£ 



