[814] Il. ii. 577.
[815] Il. viii. 562.
[816] Od. xiv. 13-20.
[817] I subjoin the rest of this curious fragment;
ἔλαφος δέ τε τετρακόρωνος·
τρεῖς δ’ ἐλάφους ὁ κόραξ γηράσκεται· αὐτὰρ ὁ φοίνιξ
ἐννέα τοὺς κόρακας· δέκαδ’ ἡμεῖς τοὺς φοίνικας
νύμφαι ἐϋπλόκαμοι, κοῦραι Διὸς αἰγιόχοιο.
It is noticed by Pliny, (Nat. Hist. vii. 48.) who terms it fabulous; but it is with more propriety, I think, to be called poetical.
[818] Il. ii. 649.