1 66 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



TAill {continued). 



rpe(j)ovTai raas rjfiepoi. It was likewise kept in Babylon, Diod. Sic. ii ; 

 and the passage in Ar. Ach. 63 may imply that the Persian ambassador 

 was bringing a present of peacocks to the City. How Alexander 

 protected the Indian Peacocks on account of their beauty, under pain 

 of a heavy penalty, Ael. v. 21. An Indian Peacock presented to the 

 Egyptian King, Ael. xi. 33. The Indian Peacocks larger than elsewhere, 

 ibid. xvi. 2. The Peacock throne at Babylon (as to this day, according 

 to report, at Teheran), Philostr. 386 k. 



The Peacock, like the Cock, was also called the Persian Bird. 

 A Schol. on Ar. Av. 707 has ret iroXvTeXrj iravra, ois povos (HaaiXevs e'xprjTO, 

 e/KaXeZro UepcriKa' Kai vvv ovk Ibias tis opvis HepaiKos. Tives be tov 

 aXeKrpvopa, 01 be tov raa. Cf. Suidas, MrjbiKos opvis, 6 raco?. Taas 

 evTrrfkr)^ 6 MqbiKos Kai xP va ^ 1TT€ P 0S KCLl dXa£oviKos opvis '. cf. Philostr. 

 loc. cit. Vide s. v. MtjSikos opias. 



The Peacock as food, Ael. iii. 42 ; first so used by Hortensius, ibid, 

 v. 21, Plin. x. (20) 23; cf. Hor. Sat. ii. 2. 28, Juv. Sat. ii. 143, vii. 32, 

 Varro, De R. R. iii. 6, Columella, viii. 11, and innumerable other Lat. 

 references. 



Description. — Arist. H. A. vi. 9, 564 6 be raws £fj pev irepi nevre Kai 

 e'Uoo-iv trrj (cf. Plin. x. (20) 22), yevva be Tpierrjs pdXiaTa, iv ols Kai ttjv 

 TroiKiKiav tg>v nrepcav diroXapfidvei' eKXenei b % iv TpiaKovO* -qpepais rj piKpco 

 ivXeioaiv. anaf- be tov erovs povov tikt€i } tiktci §' (pa boobeKa rj piKpa eXarro). 

 r'iKTCi be biaXe'iiruiv bvo rj rpets fjpepas Kai ovk eqbe^rjs (cf. Ael. V. 32, Plin. x. 

 (59) 79) Colum. viii. II, Pallad. i. 28, &c). at be npcoTOTOKoi paXiora 

 Trepi oktoh <cd. tiktovcti 8' 01 rant Kai V7rr}vepia. 6x*vovTai be nepi to eap' 

 yiverai be Ka\ 6 tokos evOetas pera ttjv o^fi'ai/. irrepoppvel be apa toIs 

 irpooTOis toov bevbpav Ka\ apteral avOis dnoXapfidveiv rrjv nrepcoo-iv apa rfj 

 TovTW f3\ao~TT)0-ei. aXeKTopibi 8' viroTideao-iv alrccv ret <ua errcod^eiv oi 

 rpecpovres bid to tov appeva ttjs drjXelas tovto bpaarjs e7wreTop.evov avvrpi- 

 fieiv: cf. Arist. fr. 274. 1527 b, ap. Athen. ix. 397 b. 



Its plumage and its ' pride,' Mosch. Id. ii. 59 opvis dyaXXopevos 

 nTepdycov noXvavdei XP 0L li ( c ^ Ael. 1. C. eoiKev dvdrjpcS Xeipwvi) | Tapaa 8' 

 dvanXutaas, a>o~ei re tis oiKvaXos vqvs, \ XP V0 ~*' L0V TaXdpoio Tieplo-Kene ^ei'Xea 

 Tapcrois. Ael. V. 21 o rau>? oibev 6pvL6<&v apaioraTos <wi>, Kai ev6d ol to 

 KaXXos KadrjTai Ka\ tovto otbe, Kai ht avTtp Kopq, Kai aofiepos eari, Kai 

 Bappel toIs TTTepols, coanepovv ai)T& Kai Koapov naparidrjai, Ka\ npos tovs 

 e^oadev (pofiov d7rooreXXei, k.t.X. Ach. Tat. i 6 be tov Taa> Xeipotv evavOe- 

 arepos' ne(pvTevTai yap avT(S Ka\ ^pvcroy ev toIs nrepols, kvkXco be to dXovpyes 

 tov xp v o~ov nepideei tov 'Lvov kvkXov. Arist. H. A. i. I, 488 b opvis (pOovepbs 

 ko\ (piXomXos. Lucian. Dom. II (3. 196) emo~Tpe(pei yovv eavrov, Kai 

 irepidyei ko\ epiropivevei tg> KaXXei. Dion. De Avib. i. 28 to KaXXos be 6 

 Tacos to oiKelov TeOavpaKe, Kai el koXov tis avTov ovopdcreiev, evdvs tcov 

 7TTep(ov to. avBr) pepiypeva ^pvcrco, aanep riva Xeipava, be'iKvvo~iv dvao'TrjO'as, 



