KY^EAOX— AAPOI III 



A A 101 {continued). 



is chiefly found in the northern and more mountainous parts. 

 Both receive the Mod. Gk. name ntTpoKoo-avcpos (Heldr.), and 

 were probably confused under the ancient name also. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 19, 617 o/zotos rep p.e.Xavi KOTTixpat iariv 6 Xa'ios, to 

 fieyeOos fjLiicpw eXdrroiv' ovtos enl t5>v ncTpoov ko.1 inl to>v Kfpdfxccv ras 8ia- 

 rpipas Troielrai. A fabled metamorphosis, Boios ap. Anton. Lib. c. xix. 

 It seems all but certain that Xaebos and Xa'ios refer to the same bird. 

 The correct reading of the name, or names, is unknown. In Arist. 

 H. A. ix. 19, edd. have also /3ato? and cpalos (cf. Camus, i. 747, Schneider, 

 ii. 120). The name XaUs is taken from the passage in Anton. Lib., 

 the supposed derivation from Xaas helping to gain it acceptance. Schn. 

 and Pice, read Xa'ios also for XaeSos, q. v. 

 AA'AArEI- opveov clbos, Hesych. Possibly connected with Mod. Gk. 



XeXe/a, a Stork; vide s.v. -nreXapyos. 

 AA'POX, a. A Sea-Gull. In Mod. (and doubtless also in Ancient) Gk. 

 yXdpos includes both the Gulls and the Terns. 



Od. v. 51, a perfect description. Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 509 e^a top oto- 

 fxaxov evpvv Kai nXarvp oXov. lb. V. <), 54 2 b tiktci tov Oepovs, iv rals nepl 

 BaXarrav TrtTpais, to nXrjdos 8vo rj rpia' ov (pcoXevei ; cf. Plin. X. 32. On its 



breeding habits, see also Dion. De Avib. ii. 4. 



Varieties. — Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b Xdpos to xp&fta o"irohoeihr]s, also 

 Xdpos 6 XevKos. The former is, according to Aub. and Wimmer, one 

 of the darker Terns, e. g. Sterna nigra, Briss. ; but the epithet seems 

 more descriptive of the ashy grey of the ' Black-backed ' Gulls : cf. 

 fiaXaKOKpdvevs. Dion. De Avib. ii. 4 enumerates three sorts : ol piv 

 Xcukoi Ka\ ois al nepiaTepal fipaxels' ol de tovtcov p.ev etcrt peL£oves Kai lo-\vp6- 

 repoi, nvKvordroLS 8e nTepols 7repio~KenovTai' Kai rives crt Kai tovtcov evpeye- 

 Oearepoi' Xevna. 8' ear! Kai tovtois rrrepd, nX^v ocrov enl rais aKpordrais 

 nrepv^i Ka\ rols rpa^Xois p.iXaivovTai. ko.1 tovtois anavTes ol Xoi7roi Xapot 

 vofMrjs Te Kai edpas napaxcopovo'i Kai a>s ftaaiXevo-iv vTreiKovo~i' Kai yqpdoKovo-L 

 6" avTots Kvdvea ytVfrat itTepd. Here the first group are probably the 

 Terns, the last the Black-backed Gulls. 



A bye-word for greediness, Ar. Eq. 959, Nub. 591, Av. 567. Devour 

 dolphins stranded on the beach, Ael. xv. 23. Open shell-fish by drop- 

 ping them from a height, Ael. iii. 20. 



Myth and Legend.— Hostile to fipevQos, apnrj, and epoSios, Arist. H. A. 

 viii. 3, 593 b, Ael. iv. 5, Phile 682; friendly to koXoios, Ael. v. 48. 

 Killed by pomegranate-seed, Ael. vi. 46, Phile 657. Associated with 

 Hercules, Ar. Av. 567. The Gulls are souls of disembodied fishermen, 

 hence their gentle and peaceable disposition, Dion. 1. c. A gull's 

 feather was tied to a fishing-line as a kind of float, Ael. xv. 10. 



Fable.— Xdpos Kai Iktivos, Aes. 239 (ed. Halm). 



