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[274] The ἐρωδιός is perhaps the night heron, Ardea Nycticorax L., which is abundant in the Troad (Thompson Gloss. s.v.). The common heron was called “πελλός”, grey; hence Zopyros in his History of the Foundation of Miletos read “πελλόν” for “Παλλάς” in the next line. The heron appears as a symbol of Athene on coins of Ambrakia and Corinth, and is mentioned as a bird of good omen by Aelian, Plutarch, and Pliny. Schol. B has a lengthy excerpt from Porphyrios dealing with various difficulties, mostly imaginary, discussed by the ancient critics.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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