Πὰρ ῥ’ ἄκυλον, βάλανον τ᾽ ἔβαλεν, καρπόν τε κρανείης
Ἔδμεναι, οἷα σύες χαμαιευνάδες αἰὲν ἔδουσιν.
Od. κ. 241, sqq. Cf. ν. 409.
Ælian de Nat. Animal. v. 45, celebrates these Homeric dainties as the food of the hog to which he elsewhere adds the fruit of the ash. viii. 9.
[1842]. Cf. Theoph. Hist. Plant. ii. 2. 10. ii. 7. 7—iii. 6. 5—vi. 3. 11.
Ὄα, ἀκροδρύων εἶδος μήλοις μικροῖς ἐμφερές
Tim. Lec. Platon. in voce with the note of Ruhnken.
[1843]. On the three kinds of medlars, Theoph. Hist. Plant. iii. 12. 5.
[1844]. Philost. Icon. i. 31, p. 809. ii. 26, p. 851.
[1845]. Robust persons, with loud voices, were ordinarily chosen for herdsmen, while goatherds were selected for their lightness and agility. Geop. ii. 1. Shepherds obtained among the Greeks the name of ποιμένες; while the keepers of other flocks and herds were termed αἰπόλοι. Schol. Theoc. i. 6.