FIEPIITEPA— nHNEAO* 147 



nEPKNOnTEPOI {continued). 

 he has to suppose nTepa ^paxyrara (alis minimis, Plin. 1. c), to be an 

 error for p-aKporara. 



The Egyptian Vulture, Neophron percnopterus, L., Sav., though the 

 black-and-white of its plumage might be associated with the name 

 dpe'incXapyos, and though a comparison might also be drawn with 

 the Stork in connexion with the Egyptian stories of its parental 

 affection, is by no means peyedei p-'yio-ros, and is nearly all white, 

 instead of merely on the head. In short, the bird is not to be clearly 

 identified, and the passage, like much of its immediate context, is 

 altogether obscure. 



nEPKNO'X. A kind of Eagle = p,op<f>eos, ft]TTo<|>oi>os, -irXdyyos, q.v. 

 (7repKv6s = peXas, Suid.). 



II. xxiv. 316 alerbv . . . pop(pvov QqprjTrjp' ov Ka\ nepKvbv KaXeovaiv. Arist. 

 De Mirab. 60, 835 €< de aXiaeroiV (pfjvrj ylverm, e* de tovtcov nepKvol Kal 

 yvnes. Cf. Plin. x. (1) 3 ; Lye. 260. 



In regard to the obscure words p.6p$vos, irepKyos, ircpKog, it is hard 

 to be content with the Scholiastic explanations which treat them as 

 mere colour-epithets : such an interpretation may or may not be true, 

 and various facts suggest that there is more to be learned regarding 

 them. For instance, emTrepKvos (Xen. Cyn. v. 22) is said to be likewise 

 a mere colour-epithet (J. Poll. v. 67), but the relations between 7repKp6s, 

 p6p(pvos, peXavaeros and Xayw<f>6j'os make it at least somewhat striking 

 that ennre pKvos, in the only passage where it occurs, should be applied 

 to the Hare. 



IIE'PKOI. A kind of Hawk. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 aXXoi de nepKoi ko\ <nn£Lat. : fortasse nee 

 Aristoteli ipsi cognita sunt, Scalig. p. 249. If irepKos and o~iri(ias axe 

 identical, the former, if it mean dark-coloured, agrees as an epithet 

 with the traditional identification of the latter with the Sparrow-hawk. 



nE'PNHI, v. 11. irrepfis, -mepvis, TrT^pnrjs. A kind of Hawk. 



Arist. H. A. ix. 36, 620 6 §' dorepias ml 6 (paa-(ro(p6vos Kal 6 nepvrjs 

 dXXoloi. Hesych. Trrepvis, eidos Upanos. 



nHNE'AOv|>. A kind of Wild Duck or Goose. 



lbyc. 8(13) noiKiXai 7raveXoires. Alcae. fr. 84 (Bergk) SpviBes Tivts old' ; 

 axe&pw yds r a7ru Treppdroip | ijXdov 7rapeX<mes noiKiXodeipoi Tapvorlnrepoi. 

 Ion. ap. Hesych. S. V. qboipiKoXeypop' loop tov nrjPf\o7ra to opveov, top yap 

 Tpd\rj\oi/ etr'nrap (fioivucovv, rj de Xeyprj napeX/cei. 



Mentioned also, Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b (with xn va> X^ r }^i <"£, &c) ; 

 cf. Ar. Av. 298, 1302, and Schol. 6 mpcXo^r ptjttt] pep icrriv opoiov, 7rep«rre- 

 pas de peyedos' pepprjrai be avrov ^rr/crix^pos Ktt\ IfivKOf. 



From the superficial resemblance of the name to xQvakun:^^, xqydXa.^ 



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