[856] ξεφτέρι (probably a diminutive from ὀξύπτερος), a ‘falcon,’ is a favourite name for the warrior, just as the humbler πουλί, ‘bird,’ is used for ‘scout.’
[857] With reference to Ibrahim’s Egyptian troops.
[858] Passow, Popul. Carm. no. 256.
[859] Cic. de Divin. I. 52, II. 12, 15, 16, 17. Cf. Bouché Leclercq, Hist. de la Divin. I. p. 167.
[860] Plato, Tim. 71 c.
[861] Philostr. Vit. Apollon. VIII. 7. 49–52. Cf. Bouché Leclercq, op. cit. I. p. 168.
[862] For authorities on this point see Bouché Leclercq, op. cit. I. p. 170.
[863] Cf. ibid. p. 169.
[864] K. O. Müller (die Etrusker, II. p. 187) places the introduction of the custom in the sixth century B.C.
[865] Bybilakis, Neugriechisches Leben, p. 49 (1840).