Note 817 — IV. AOIDOS. (continued 2)
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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.