XHN— XHNAAnilHr I95 



XHN {continued). 



Varro, R. R. iii. 10, 1, x T l V0 fi°< J ' Kl0V ) Geopon. xiv. 12, I, x r ) v0T P 0< l )e ~ l0V -> 

 Colum. viii. 1, 3 ; cf. x>ji/o/3ama, Plat. Polit. 264 C. 



On goose-fat, or goose-flesh, in medicine, Plin. xxix. 38, Nicand. Alex. 

 228, Celsus, ii. 18, &c. ; the blood, in medicine, ibid. xxix. 33, cf. Diosc. 

 Alexiph. c. 30, Galen, Comp. Medic, xi. 1. On the use and value of the 

 feathers and down, Plin. x. 53 ; cf. Hesych, pvovs' to XenroTarov nrepop, 

 Kvpicos 8e tcop ^vcoi/. 



Eubul. UpoKp. i. 5 (3. 247 M), yaka xv v ° s ) * pigeons' milk/ of an un- 

 known luxury. 



Destructive to the crops, Babr. 13, Aesop, 76. 



A weather prophet, Arat. 102 1 ml xv ves KXayyr)86p eneiyopcpai (Spcopolo \ 

 xeip&vos peya trrjua. Cf. Theophr. Sign. vi. 3 ; Geopon. i. 3, 9 ; Avien. 

 Aratea, 432 ; Suid. 



Capture by decoys, Dion. De Avib. iii. 23 : see also Nemes. Cyn. 314. 



Killed by laurel, ddcpprj and pododdcpvr), Ael. v. 29, P.hile, De An. xv. 

 Use the herb sideritis as a remedy, Plin. viii. 27. 



The Oath of Socrates, vrj top xn va > probably for vrf top Zr\va ; cf. Ar. 

 Av. 521 ; an oath prescribed by Rhadamanthus (Suid.). Cf. Philostr. 

 vi, De Vita Apoll. c. 9; Cratin. 2. 155 (Mein.) oh r\v peyio-ros 8pKos\ 

 anavri Xoycp kvcop, eneiTa xh v ' 



Associated with Aquarius, in a representation of the month of 

 February (doubtless with reference to Juno, cf. s. v. Taws), Graev. Thes. 

 Ant. Rom. viii. 97 ; cf. Creuzer, Symb. iii. p. 626. 



See for a further account of the Goose in classical art and mythology, 

 O. Keller, Thiere d. CI. Alterth., pp. 286-303. 

 XH'N* 6 jxiKpos, dyeXaios. 



A wild species, unidentifiable, mentioned in Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 

 593 b, 12, 597 b. 

 XHNAAft'nHE, s. x^^^Xwij/, s. x^^Xw^, Hesych. Dim. x^aWireiaScus, 

 Ael. vii. 47. 

 The Egyptian Goose, Chenalopex aegyptiaca, Steph. This and 

 TTr)vekoy\r are both probably renderings of an Egyptian word, cor- 

 rupted by false etymology. 



Arist. H. A. viii. 3, 593 b, mentioned among the heavier web-footed 

 birds, after 6 piKpbs xh v & dyeXa'ios. Ael. v. 30 %x* L P* v y^P T0 *28o* to tov 

 X^ds, iravovpyiav 8e diKaiorara dvriicpivoiTO ap Trj dXcbneKi. Kal eon fnh 

 XVvbs fipaxvTepos, dvdpeiorepos 8e, kcu ^copeti/ opoae deivos. dpvpeTai yovv 

 Kal derop kcu atXovpop Kal ra Xonrd, oo~a ovtov avTiiraXa earip. Reverenced 

 in Egypt for parental affection, Ael. x. 16, xi. 38 (piXoTCKpop 8e apa C<fov 

 r)v Kal 6 x r } pa ^ Trr }^) Kai Taiira rols nepSigi 8pq. Kal yap ovtos npo tcop 

 vcottcop iavrbp KvXiei, Kal epdibcoaip eXnida cos drjpdcropTi avrbv tco cttiopti' 

 oi 8e dnodiBpdo-Kovaip ip tco recos. As an hieroglyphic symbol, meaning 



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