190 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XEAIAQN {continued). 

 especially in connexion with the Swallow's relation towards the un- 

 doubtedly solar eVo^. 



Deprived of Sleep. — Hesiod ap. Ael. V. H. xii. 20 ttjv fie ^eXtfidj/a 

 ovk es to napreXes dypvnvelv kcu Tavrrjv, drroftefiXriKepai fie tov vttpov to 

 fjpiav' Tificoplav fie dpa Tavrrjp eKTipovai hid to ndOos to ep Qpaxr] KararoX- 

 jxrjdev to is to delnpop eKelpo to ddecrpop. Cf. Himerius, Orat. Hi- 3, p. 432 

 dcplrjpi fie kcu reus ^eXifio'tri tcus 'Attikcus top pvdop eKelpop top Qpqmop. 



Other Myths and Legendary Allusions. — How the mother brings to 

 her young, being blind at first, sight by means of a certain herb 

 (xckidopiop), for which men have often sought in vain ; Ael. ii. 3, iii. 24, 

 Phil. 20. Cf. Arist. H. A. ii. 17, 508 b, vi. 5, 563 t£>p fie pcottwp ap tis 

 en pimp opt<op tt)S ^eXtfiovos rd oppara e kk€ptt]CTtj , yipoprai vyiels kcu /3Xe'- 

 novo-ip vo-Tcpop : also De Gen. iv.6. 774 b ; Antig. Mirab. 72 (78), 98 (106) ; 

 Plin. viii. 27. On the xcXioWa or ' Swallow-stone,' a cure for blindness, 

 epilepsy, &c, see Theoph. Nonn. 36, Diosc. ii de hirundine, Plin. xi. 

 79, xxxvii. 56; cf. Evangeline, I. ii. 133 'the wondrous stone which the 

 Swallow Brings from the shore of the sea to restore the sight of its 

 fledglings ' ; Baring- Gould, Myths of the M. Ages ; Lebour, Zoologist, 

 xxiv. p. 523, 1866, &c. Hence the ashes of Swallows are a remedy 

 for cataract, Plin. xxix. 38 ; Galen, De Fac. Simpl. Med. Ch. Boiled 

 swallow, a remedy for the bite of a mad dog, Plin. xxviii. (10) 43. 



How the mother immolates herself over the bodies of her dead 

 children : Opp. Hal. v. 579 &>s fi' 6u6t opraXi^oio-i ^eXtfioo-i prjmdxoio'i] 

 pepdcp vnef; 6p6(poio TV\oiP o(pis tiy\i TteXdao'rj | Kai tovs pep Karenecppe . . . 

 prjrrjp fie irpatTop pep dTv£opepr] fiefiovqrai | Xoiyia Terptyvla (pupov yoop' aXX' 

 OTe 7raI8ay | d6pf]o-r] (pdipepovs, 77 fi' ovkcti (f)u£ip dXeBpov ] 5t£erai, aXX' avrrjo-ip 

 in at yepveaori hpaKopros | elXelrat peacj) oppip eXrj iraihoKTOPOs uttj. 



The twittering of Swallows likened to the speech of barbarous 

 tongues, Aesch. Ag. 1050 ^eXifioVof dUrju \ ayi/cora (pcovrjp (Bdpftapop kcktt)- 

 p.eprj. Ar. Av. 1 68 1 el prj fiafipdCet (s. /3a/3a£et, /3aW£«, /3au£ei, Tirvfilfa, 

 &c.) y &o~7T€p ai xeXifi(Wf. Hence 6 ^eXifio)i/ = 6 fidpftapos, cf. Ion. ap. 

 Schol. Ar. Av. 1680; Ar. Ran. 680. Similarly, Eur. Alcmen. fr. 91 

 XeXtt)6pa)p povanaf explained by Hesych. a>s fidpftapa koi dovpera tiolovp- 

 to>p tS>p TpayiKcop'. cf. Ar. Ran. 93 ^eXifioVcov povaela, XcofirjTcu t*x v1 1 s - See 

 also Suidas. Cf. Nicostr. 3. 288 (Mein.) el to avpe\a>s kcu noXXd kcu 

 TaxeaiS XaXelp \ r)p tov (ppopelp irapdarjpop, ai ^eXifidi/es | eXeyopr dp fjpup 

 ccacppopeo-Tepai noXv. 



The Pythagorean injunction gAi&fai h oIkLo. pq fie'xe<r&u, Pythag. 

 ap. Iambi. Adhort., xxi, may be thus understood of foreigners : 

 Arist. fr. 192, 1512 b, Hesych. roure'ori XdXovs dpOpanovs opvpocplovs pfj 

 iroieiaQai. Other explanations in Plut. Symp. viii. 7 ^eAtSo)*/ tjj (pvaei 

 p,iadp6p(t)iros, Trapdbeiypa tov d&eftaiov Ka\ dxapiaTOV : Diog. Laert. viii. 1 7, 



