194 A GLOSSARY OF GREEK BIRDS 



XHN (continued). 



j3tW : whose priests used it as food, Herod, ii. 37 ; as did the 

 Pharaohs, Diod. Sic. i. 70, and the sacred cats, ibid. i. 84. 



The Geese of the Capitol, sacred to Juno, Diod. Sic. xiv. 116 ; Ael. xii. 

 32 ; cf. Liv. v. 47, Cicero pro Roscio, 20, Virg. Aen. viii. 655, Plin. x. 26, 

 xxix. 14, Ovid, Fasti, i. 453. Cf. ref. to the bird's watchfulness, Arist. 

 H. A. i. 1, 488 b opveov alaxwTT]X6v Rcu (f>v\aKTiKov : also noted in the 

 Vedas (Zimmer, Alt.-ind. Leben, p. 90, cit. Keller) ; cf. also Chaucer, 

 ' the waker goose.' Its wisdom, Ael. v. 29, cf. Ovid, Met. viii. 684, 

 xi. 599 canibus sagacior anser. 



Sacred to Venus in Cyprus (Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. vi) and to Priapus, 

 Petron. Sat. 136, 137. 



The Goose was sacrificed to Isis and Osiris in Autumn (Paus. 1. a), as 

 by the ancient Germans to Woden at Michaelmas (Keller, op. c. p. 301). 



An erotic bird ; a goose enamoured of a boy, Ael. v. 29 ; of a musi- 

 cian, ibid. i. 6 ; and of a philosopher, ibid. vii. 41. Cf. Ael. iv. 54 ; 

 Athen. xiii. 606 c ; Plut. Mor. 972 F. A lover's gift, Ar. Av. 707. 

 Hence, in Mod. Gk., a term of endearment, xh va V- ov i Ttairnla pov 

 (iTaimia meaning a duck, but cf. Ar. Vesp. 297, &c). Portends, in 

 dream-prophecy, the birth of a wanton maid, Artemid. Oneirocr. iv. 83. 

 Goose-fat as an aphrodisiac, Plin. xxviii. (19) 80, &c. On sacrifices of 

 the Goose vide Gust. Wolff, Porphyr. De Phil., Ex Orac. Haur. Libr. 

 Reliq., Berlin, 1856; cf. Philologus xxviii. p. 189, 1869. On the erotic 

 symbolism of the Goose, see (int. al.) Creuzer, Symb. iv. p. 423. 



Tame Geese also mentioned, Soph. Fr. 745 Tidao-ov de xn^a kcu wepto- 

 repdv, icpeanov 6lk4tiv re. Eubul. ap. Athen. xii. 519 Kai yap noaco AcaXXtov, 

 iKeTfvco, rpecpeiv \ avOpairov ear' avOpconov av exu fiiov, \ fj x*l va irXarvyi^ovTa 

 Ka\ Kexrjvora: cf. Plut. Mor. 958 E. They were kept in the temples; 

 Artemid. I.e. lepol yap oi x*l V€S °* €V vaois avaTp€<p6p.€voi. Brought as 

 gifts to the Indian king, Ael. xiii. 25. 



Fatted Geese, Epigen. ap. Athen. ix. 384 &o-rrcp xv va o-irevrbv erpecpe 

 fie, &c Eubul. 2re<£. ibid, el p.f} av xqvbs rjirap ^ yjrvxnv ex €l * '• ^ a ^- Alex. 

 xxi, Gk. Anth. iii. 119 xi™* &\tara Xinrj: cf. Juv. v. 114, Colum. xiv. 8, 

 &c. A favourite food of the younger Cyrus, Xen: Anab. i. 9, 26. 

 Given by the Egyptians to Agesilaus, Athen. 1. c. Brought from 

 Boeotia to the Athenian market, Ar. Ach. 878, Pax 1004 ; kept like- 

 wise in Macedonia and in Thessaly, Plat. Gorg. 471 C, Polit. 264 C. 

 Cf. Plut. ii. 2 ioc, Plin. x. (22) 27, &c. 



They were kept, but not eaten, by the Celtic inhabitants of Britain, 

 Caes. Bell. Gall. v. 12 ; very much as at the present day. 



On goose-livers xv V€la v naTa > cf. {int. al.) Athen. ix. 384, Plut. ii. 965 a 

 Geopon. xiv. 22, Plin. x. 52, Hor. Sat. ii. 8, 88, Juv. v. 114, Mart, 

 xiii. 58, and many Comic fragments. A goose-herd, x^o/300-ko?, Cratin. 

 ap. Athen, 1. c, Diod. i. 74 ; a goose-farm or goose-pen, xi vo fi 0(TK *i ov i 



