[846] Il. I. 597.
[847] Βικέντιος Κορνάρος, Ἐρωτόκριτος, p. 320.
[848] Aristot. Hist. An. IX. 1.
[849] Cf. Aesch. Sept. 24, Soph. Antig. 999 sqq.
[850] Origen, contra Cels. IV. 88.
[851] Homeric Hymn to Demeter, 46.
[852] e.g. Passow, Popul. Carm. nos. 122, 123, 213, 232, 234, 235, 251 et passim.
[853] A. Luber in a monograph Die Vögel in den historischen Liedern der Neugriechen, pp. 6 ff., notes the impossibility of determining in many cases whether a real bird or a scout is meant.
[854] Passow, Popul. Carm. no. 415, vv. 5–7. Cf. 413, 414.
[855] Ibid. no. 410.