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KYKNOI {continued). 

 &c; represented on coins of Clazomenae. With the Greek association 

 of the Swan with Apollo, cf. the Hindoo connexion of the same bird with 

 Brahma. Associated with Venus, in Latin only, Hor. C. iv. I, 9, Sil. 

 Ital. Punic, vii. 441, Stat. Silv. iii. 4, 22 ; cf. the Cilix of Aphrodite and 

 the Swan in the British Museum : vide Kalkmann, Jahrb. d. k. d. Inst., 

 1886, i. 41, Collignon, Gk. Mythol. p. 132, fig. 56 ; see also Guignat, pi. 

 C. 393, Creuzer, pi. liii. 2. 



The Swan's Song.— Hesiod, Sc. H. 314 'Apcpl 8' Xtt]v peev 'SlKeavos 

 nXrjdovTi ioiKms I • . . oi 8e Kar' avrov \ kvkvoi depamoTai peydX' fjnvov' ol 

 pa ye zroXXoi | vr]\ou eV aitpov v8ap : cf. Virg. Aen. viii. 655- Hymn. 

 Horn, xxi 4>oi/3e, are pev Kal kvkvos vtto nrepvycov Xiy dei8ei, \ o^Oy em- 

 OpaxTKdiV iTorapov ndpa diurjevra, \ Ylr]vei6v : cf. Meleager IIO in Gk. Anth. 

 i. 31 akKVoves nepl /cO/xcr, ^eXt8oi/ey dp<pl p.eXadpa, \ kvkvos en oxOaicriv 

 noTop.ov f Ka\ vir aXcros dr]8u>v [q8ovcri\ : Eur. I. T. II03 Xipvav & elXla- 

 crovcrav v8ccp \ kvkXov [s. KVKveiov], evBa kvkvos peX<o\ 80s Movaas Oepanevei : 

 Ar. Av. 769 roidde kvkvoi \ avppiyrj 0ofjv 6p,ov \ nrepols KpeKovres taK^ov 

 'AttoXXoj, I ox&a e<pe£6pevoi 7iap"'Eftpov irorapov'. Callim. Hymn. Del. 249 

 kvkvoi be 6eov peXiruvres doi8ol | Mgoviov HdKTu>Xov eKvKhotcravTO Xinovtes | 

 'E@8opaKis nepl ArjXov, enrjeia-av 8e Xoxeiy | Mova-doiv opvides, doidoraroi 

 Trereijvcov I Pratin. i. 7 (Bergk 457) old re kvkvov ayovra iroiKiXoTTTepov 

 p,eXos : Dion. De Avib. ii. 19 dvrrjxovanv avrols q8ovo~iv ol re aKoneXoi 

 Kal ai (pdpayyes, Ka\ p.ovaiK(OTaTOvs ndvrav tovtovs lapev opvidcov, kol iepovs 

 Ka.Xovp.ev ' AttoXXcovos. q8ovo~i 6' ov X l ^p^v(i>8es, &o"irep ol aXKVOves, aXX' f)8v 

 ti Kal peXixpov, Kal olov avXols fj Kiddpais ^pco/xevoi : Anon. 468 in Gk. 

 Anth. iv. 2l8 el kvkv<o bvvarai Kopv8os 7rapanXf]o-iov abeiv : Antip. Sidon. 

 47> ib. ii. 19 Xatrepos kvkvccv 6 piKpos 8p6os rje KoXoiav | Kpoayp.bs iv elapivals 

 Ki8vdp,evos vecpeXais : Theocr. Id. V. 136 oi) Oepirov . . . enoiras kvkvoictiv 

 epio~8eiv : cf. Ar. Ran. 207, Lucret. iii. 16, iv. 182, Virg. Eel. viii. 36, 

 55, Mart. i. 54, Plut. El. ii. 387 povcriKrj re fjderai, Kal kvkvchv (poovals. 



Especially of the dying Swan, Aesch. Ag. (141 9), 1444 kvkvov 8/i«p,| 

 tov vo-rarov peX^aaa davduipov yoov \ Kelrai (piXr)T<op tov8' : cf. Plato, 



Phaedo 85 B, Rep. 620 A ; cf. Porphyr. De Abst. iii. p. 286 ov nalfav 



6p.o8ovXovs avrov eXeyev tovs kvkvovs [6 "2a>KpdTr)s]. Ael. ii. 32, V. 34 

 TreniorevKe yap on prjbevos dXyeLvov prj8e Xinapov p,ereoTi Oavdra, with 

 which passage cf. Chrysipp. ap. Athen. xiv. 616 B cpiXoa-KanTTjs, peXXav 

 dno tov 8r)piov acpdrreaOai elirelv ecprj OeXeiv <oo~Trep to KVKveiov aaas 

 dnodavelvl Plut. Mor. l6l C ii-qo-ai 8e kol tov |3i'oj/ TeXevrcov Kal pf] yeveaOai 

 Kara, tovto t£>v kvkvcov dyevveaTepos : Phile, De An. Pr. x. 233 avdpcone 

 (piXoyj/vx*, tov kvkvov (SXenwv, | ivpbs Trjv TeXevTrjv, el cppovels, /u.17 arvyvdays : 

 cf. Cic. De Orat. iii. 1, 1 ; see also Ael. x. 36, xi. 1 ; Fab. Aes. 215, 

 216, 416 b ; Apoll. Rhod. iv. 1301 ; Polyb. xxx. 4, 7, xxxi. 20, 1 ; 

 Opp. Cyneg. ii. 547 ovk apa tol p.ovvoio-iv ev opviOeaoiv eaai \ kvkvoi 

 p,avrnr6Xoi yoov varaTov deL8ovTes : Dio Chrysost. Orat. Cor. p. 1 02 



